Rodents
Voles: identification & vole control
Also known as: meadow mice, field mice
Voles create winding surface runways in turf and gnaw bark and roots. Control combines habitat reduction, trapping in active runways and protection for young trees and ornamentals.
How to identify voles
- What it looks like
- Compact brown rodents with small eyes, short ears hidden in fur and a short tail.
- Size
- 4 to 7 inches
- Where you'll find it
- Lawns, mulch beds, tall grass, under snow cover and around shrubs.
- Commonly confused with
- Moles push up soil ridges and mounds; voles leave open surface trails.
Signs of voles in your home
- 1 to 2 inch wide surface runways in grass
- Gnawed bark at the base of shrubs
- Golf-ball-sized holes with no mound
Voles questions homeowners ask
Are the trails in my lawn from moles or voles?
Raised soil tunnels and volcano-shaped mounds are moles; flattened grass runways at the surface are voles.
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