How to catch a mole in the area: 5 reliable ways
Catching a mole that has settled on the site is not an easy task. There are many methods, the application of which gives a good result in the fight against them. Each owner can try the option he likes.
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Signs of the appearance of a mole
The appearance on the site of fresh hillocks of the earth, which are at some distance from each other and the soil between them fails, is the main sign that an uninvited guest has settled. He can spoil the planted lawn, make a move under the roots of a tree or shrub, walk along vegetable beds.
The mole is small and harmful.
Harm from a rodent
Although the rodent eats plant foods on rare occasions, it does a lot of harm. He makes his moves on the site under a layer of soil, damaging the roots and bulbs. Moreover, the scale of damage can be great - even trees die.
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Fighting a mole in the area
In the fight against an animal, the study of its lifestyle and habits will help. The mole is active all year round; it does not hibernate in winter.
He lives alone, feeds on earthworms, larvae, slugs, and many other insects. He can eat another mole that he gets on the road.
Underground passages of the mole are of three types: feed, nesting and main. Most often, the mole moves along the main passages, which are located at a depth of 10-20 cm. If any area is damaged, it tries to immediately restore it.
Methods for catching a mole
Depending on the goal pursued by people, the method of catching the animal is also selected. Some prefer to use traps that will kill the pest. Humane methods involve the capture of a live animal.
With the help of a mole
Krotolovka.
To catch a mole, you need to install two mole catchers at once in different parts of the main passage.
The prepared trap is set in a hole and the spring is well pressed into the ground. The place is covered with a piece of turf.
They check the mole catchers in the morning and in the evening, at this time he is most active. After catching the first mole, it makes sense to keep the traps for some more time, perhaps other moles living on the site will also come across.
With a 3 liter jar
A mole caught in a jar.
A jar for catching a mole should be clean, without foreign odors, the neck without chips. For bait, earthworms can be placed on the bottom. First of all, you need to find a fresh move, dig it out and dig a hole 30 cm deep and install a jar.
The neck should be flush with the course, the soil around it should be well compacted. From above, cover the trap with a piece of dense fabric or plywood and sprinkle with earth. To successfully catch a mole, such traps can be installed in several places and periodically checked.
Instead of a jar, you can use a bucket or a cut-off five-liter bottle.
Mole catcher-pipe
A piece of plastic pipe is cut off, iron circles are attached on both sides with wire, at a distance of 2-3 cm from the edge, which should be smaller than the pipe in diameter and freely enter it. The trap is set in the course along which the mole moves, he gets there, but cannot get out.
Mole pipe.
With fish hooks
Large triple fishhooks are placed in the moves, which are firmly attached to the fishing line and fixed to the peg. When moving, the mole clings to the hooks and dies.
There are several varieties of molecatchers. You can read more about them link.
With a shovel
Captured mole.
With this method of catching moles, dexterity, experience and patience are needed. By fresh tubercles, you should determine the direction of movement of the animal, trample them and wait for it to return to restore the course. As soon as the mole begins to restore the course, the earth will rise again. It is necessary to let him walk 2 meters, and from the place where the mole squeezed out the ground again, start trampling the tubercles again.
The mole will hear that the passage is buried again and will return to restore the trampled passage. At this time, you need to stick a shovel on a bayonet and turn out the earth, along with the animal and try to catch it quickly so that it does not burrow back into the ground.
Each owner decides for himself what to do with a live mole, which he caught on the site.
Conclusion
Patience is needed to successfully fight moles on the site, especially if there are several of them living there. All methods are very simple and affordable. By using them, you can achieve good results.
