6 Telltale Signs of Vole Damage in Your Lawn and Garden

Do you have odd grass trails or plants that seem to be dying for no apparent reason? Voles are tiny, mouse-like rodents that cause havoc underground, and you may have them. Voles attack your yard, while ants infiltrate your house. Here’s how to identify their harm and permanently end it.

1. Runways & Chewed Grass: The Best Indication of Vole Activity

In lawns, voles make narrow, meandering paths, often close to grass stems that have been gnawed. They eat on your lawn since these “runways” are their highways.

2. Girdled Trees & Shrubs: The Reasons Behind the Death of Your Plants

Examine the base if young trees or shrubs start to wilt. Voles eat bark in rings, depriving
plants of nutrition, which is a sure way to kill them.

3. Plant-Near Holes? Mole tunnels vs vole burrows

Voles are identified by little, golf-ball-sized holes devoid of soil mounds. Voles create discrete access places close to plants, but moles leave elevated ridges.

4. Underground Sabotage: Eaten Roots & Missing Bulbs

Did tulips disappear? Half-eaten carrots? In garden beds, voles create hollowed-out holes as they tunnel to eat roots and bulbs.

5. Nests & Droppings: Verifying a Vole Infestation

Voles have taken up residence, as shown by tiny green-brown pellets and concealed grassy nests (typically beneath mulch or sheds).

6. How to Repair Vole Damage and Stop Invaders in the Future

Repair: Replace lost plants and reseed damaged grass.
Protect: Use mesh guards to encircle tree bases.
Deter: Employ humane traps or repellents made of castor oil.

Conclusion

It is essential to recognize problems early. If you see these indicators, take prompt action to implement vole control methods to safeguard your landscape.

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