Orlando Florida Mole Trapping & Yard Control

Mole Info: Moles live underground and surface only occasionally. Their cylindrical bodies and powerful front claws are ideal for digging. They almost "swim" through dirt. Moles create a complex labyrinth of interconnected chambers by burrowing both deep and close to the surface, where they often leave visible ridges. Mole hills are places where the mole has pushed up earth above the surface. They have very poor sight and feed mainly on worms and insect larvae that they find by the sense of touch and smell. They do not eat roots or tulip bulbs. That is the work of voles. Moles are territorial, and most of the time all of the tunnels in any given yard are the result of just one mole. Some of their tunnels are straight "travel" tunnels used over

and over again, and some are winding, branching tunnels created in the search for food, and may be used only once. If you want to test, just stamp down the tunnels and see if they are re-opened. There's no such thing as a humane live trap for moles. All of the traps are lethal - harpoon traps, scissor traps, and clamp-type traps set underground. There's also no effective mole poison. Some are sold, and most are crap. The only one that might work is Talpirid, and I'm skeptical about that one as well.

Nuisance concerns:The primary problem with moles is the tunnels. They can leave ridged tunnels all over a lawn. They are not necessarily harmful, but can ruin your nice landscaping. Many people end up with mole hills, which are piles of dirt pushed up from the moles' deep chambers. In my experience most of the yards in central Florida have mole activity. Moles usually don't create holes on the surface, so if you see such a thing, it's likely caused by armadillo digging.

AAAnimal Control will roll that mole out of its hole!

NOTE: AAAnimal Control no longer provides mole removal services in central Florida, because the work is generally less profitable and less satisfying than other nuisance wildlife control work.

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Some nuisance wildlife trappers just love to do mole work. They say that they make most of their money and get most of their satisfaction out of mole trapping. I've trapped moles, but I guess I just never really got the knack for it. I don't know of any good mole trappers in the Orlando area. I've heard of people spraying their lawn with castor oil, but that's a ridiculous attempt at a solution. Maybe your best bet is to buy a Victor mole trap at Home Depot.

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