Why Do People Kill Moles When They Are Good For The Soil?
Moles can burrow deep into the ground and this helps to mix soil nutrients as well as improve soil aeration and drainage. They also eat many lawn pests like crane fly larvae and slugs. Yet they are classified as pests and often sought after and exterminated. This is because the damage they cause far outweighs the good that they do. They generally burrow just below the surface of the earth leaving long telltale mounds all over an otherwise impeccable lawn. Earthworms that are very beneficial to the soil, unfortunately, make up their staple diet. They do not hibernate and work day and night all the year through. They have a high metabolic rate which therefore means that they have larger appetites which also means that more earthworms get eaten. They cause extensive damage to valuable root systems of decorate (and probably expensive!) plants causing them to wither and die. They often eat the grubs nestled in the roots of the plants and damage or even kill the plant in the process.
