These furry rodents can wreak havoc on your garden. When you see damage to your trees, shrubs, roots, or bulbs, you might initially blame rabbits, but it’s equally possible that voles—commonly known ...
Voles are a small animal that reside in our forests, orchards, and residential landscapes. Although their size may be small, ...
The best way to prevent moles and voles from harming your landscape is by being able to accurately identify them. Moles and voles are two common garden pests that are often confused with one another ...
Determining what is responsible for digging up your garden plants is not always easy. Among the usual culprits to consider are gophers, moles, rats, racoons and voles. Unless you happen to have a ...
Okay, I admit it, voles are cute. With their small pudgy bodies and short tails, they look like undersized, feral hamsters, to whom they are related. But whereas hamsters are house pets, voles roam ...
You may recognize those unsightly raised ridges and bumps all over your lawn as the handiwork of moles digging around for their dinners. But some types of tunneling are caused by a different small ...
It is easy to spot this vole trail coming from a perennial bed that is adjacent to a lawn. Voles will clip back the grass to create easy access and movement. White grubs are root feeders. They range ...
The smallest intruders can quickly turn a blossoming garden into a barren patch. While moles and voles are similar in appearance, these little critters each cause a different type of damage to your ...
Depending on the species, voles construct surface or underground runways in areas with heavy ground cover. “Voles are active day and night, year-round,” says Robert Pierce, PhD, state extension ...