Get Rid Of Moles
Moles are small mammals that live entirely in the soil. They eat grubs, worms, and bugs. Their big claws let them move easily through the soil as if swimming. As the moles tunnel under the ground, they damage grass roots and turn the grass an unsightly brown. Before you know it, your lawn will be covered in a crisscross web of dirt paths and mounds caused by moles moving just beneath the surface. Not only is it unattractive, but mole mounds can create tripping hazards and completely ruin your grass.
If you have a soft lawn, raised ridges of soil or big piles of dirt all over your yard – you probably have a mole problem.
For help getting rid of moles, contact the experts in mole control for the San Francisco Bay area; contact Smith’s Pest Management.
Our Mole Control Methods
Annual Mole Program
If moles are a recurring problem damaging your lawn, we suggest our annual mole control program. We’ll return to your property to help eliminate and prevent moles from moving in on a regular basis – so you can maintain a healthy, green lawn.
Eliminate the Mole's Food Source
Smith’s also provides grub control services for property owners experiencing mole problems. Moles primarily eat grubs as their food source, so if we eliminate grubs from your lawn, we can make your yard less desirable and drastically reduce the number of moles. Our grub control solution consists of a granular lawn treatment.
3-Step Mole Control Process
Controlling moles is primarily a matter of trapping them, but Smith’s also provides mole exclusion services to help reduce the number of moles tunneling into your yard. Here’s how we get rid of moles:
1
Phone Consultation Or Onsite Inspection
When you suspect a mole infestation, give us a call. We can often provide a quote after a phone consultation – but if circumstances suggest a larger problem, we’ll send a licensed pest control technician to your property for an onsite
2
Mole Trapping
Smith’s uses mole trapping as our primary mole control method. We never use poison for moles. After inspecting the yard, we’ll discover the mole’s most active runways for trap placement, generally found in the straight tunnels of your lawn or around the perimeter of your yard. We’ll clean-out your existing mole problem and recommend our annual mole control program to prevent reoccurring mole problems in the future.
3
Mole Exclusion
The size of moles and their underground nature makes it difficult to stop them from entering your lawn completely. While we do not provide mole exclusion services, we do recommend using gopher baskets and gopher wire to prevent moles from entering the property.
Where We Service
- Fremont
- Hayward
- Oakland
- Pleasanton
- Alameda
- Berkeley
- Livermore
- Dublin
- Piedmont
- Concord
- Danville
- Walnut Creek
- Clayton
- San Ramon
- Lafayette
- Orinda
- Novato
- Mill Valley
- San Rafael
- Stinson Beach
- Greenbrae
- San Anselmo
- Fairfax
- Ross
- Tiburon
- Belvedere
- Larkspur
- Monterey
- Carmel
- Seaside
- Salinas
- San Francisco
- Santa Cruz
- Soquel
- Capitola
- Aptos
- Watsonville
- Bonny Doon
- Corralitos
- Belmont
- Woodside
- San Mateo
- Daly City
- Menlo Park
- Millbrae
- Redwood City
- Foster City
- Half Moon Bay
- Portola Valley
- Hillsborough
- San Carlos
- Atherton
- San Jose
- Gilroy
- Los Altos
- Los Gatos
- Morgan Hill
- Palo Alto
- Mountain View
- Saratoga
- Sunnyvale
- Cupertino
- Sebastopol
- Santa Rosa
- Rohnert Park
- Penngrove
- Petaluma
- Sonoma
- Kenwood
- Glen Ellen
Mole Control Guarantee
A mole control guarantee may be available for your property; please ask us for details.
FAQ
If you see volcano-shaped mounds, dead grass patches, or raised ridges (sub-surface foraging tunnels), you probably have moles. Unlike gophers, moles create mounds farther apart than gophers – often more than six feet apart.
They also push up large clumps of dirt instead of fine soil when they make their mounds. When looking straight down on a mole mound, it will be circular. Not horseshoe shaped like a gopher’s mound.
Moles love cool, moist soil filled with bugs and invertebrates like earthworms, grubs, and beetles. They also tend to dig along walkways, fences, or lawn edging.
They damaged the roots of shrubs by excavating in the root zone where they find their favorite foods. If your yard is full of insects and worms, it’s prime real estate for moles!
Moles are not a favorite food of raptors or cats and canines. They seem to have a very unsavory flavor. Ultrasonic and electromagnetic devices don’t bother moles either. They quickly adapt to noise making devices and keep digging.
As for repellent plants or store-bought mole repellents, there’s little evidence they work, with the exception of castor oil. Soaking the soil with castor oil has some efficacy. But it is an inconvenient method and may be harmful for your soil food web. Your best bet? Stick to proven methods like trapping, baiting, and exclusion to get real, long-lasting results.
Jack J. - Santa Cruz, CA
