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- Mole or vole in the garden? - How to find out the difference
- Optical differentiation - an overview
- Scaling test gives ultimate security - that's the way it works
- Tips
The entrance to the molehill is a bit smaller than that of a vole
Mole or vole in the garden? - How to find out the difference
The piles of mole and vole look at first sight confusingly similar. For the fight it is indispensable to identify the actual culprit beyond doubt. Moles are subject to strict protection, whereas voles may be hunted as real pests. You can find out how to reliably differentiate between these two species here.
Optical differentiation - an overview
The similarity of their tunnel systems and mounds is only superficial. If you look closely, recognizes striking differences between mole and vole. The following overview presents the most important criteria:
Hill shape and nature of the earth:
Position:
If you discover chewed roots or other plant remains on or in a corridor, you are dealing with a vole as the culprit. Moles feed exclusively on insects or earthworms. The soil of a molehill is therefore as clean and fine crumbly as if it had been freshly sifted.
Scaling test gives ultimate security - that's the way it works
If the optical distinguishing features are not clear, there is another option of identification. The Verwühlprobe leaves no doubt whether it is a mole or a vole. How to proceed:
With a hand scoop or a spade you dig up the passage in question in several places. A vole will close the holes carefully within 6 hours as it uses its corridors permanently. As a mole usually only uses a gang once, the openings will not be clogged with soil or over the next few days.
Tips
Are you still unsure whether you are dealing with a mole or a vole or a vole, despite the visual cues and the method of burial? Then there is an effective as well as poison-free method of control in accordance with the Nature Conservation Act. The vole gas from Neudorff is based on pure vegetable lavadin oil to nag the Wühler.