How Does a Mole Destroy a Garden?
What Moles Eat The fact of the matter is very few moles destroy gardens by eating the plants. Moles eat grub worms, beetles, moth larvae and mealworms. That is why you will see a tunnel or a little pile of dirt near your garden. The mole is not there to eat your plants’ roots, but the root-eating bugs. Moles eat a little vegetation, but it is usually seeds and fungus. They eat the fungus from a root of a plant and sometimes save the plant without you even knowing it. The Tunnels If you see tunnel exits or little mounds of dirt around you may think you have a lot of moles. But normally it is only one and possibly a few babies that will be kicked out of the area when they are about 3 weeks old. All moles make many tunnels, but some make more mounds than others. They usually will tunnel more in the winter, because the food is more scarce. Much of the time, the moles have built walls inside the tunnel to block off anything getting to them. They will take down the wall and rebuild it as the
