Vole holes can be right out in the open or cleverly hidden under foliage or debris in the garden.
Voles holes in yard.
These small burrowing animals are best known for the harm they cause to turf and landscaping.
Voles may travel through mole tunnels but also dig their own burrows.
Property owners with this pest issue may find vole holes in the lawn and disorderly pathways of grass.
Protect your plants by fencing the area with a half inch of mesh hardware cloth at least 12 inches above the ground and buried 6 to 10 inches deep suggests the old farmer s almanac.
Some are commonly called meadow mice or pine mice.
The only visible evidence of a vole burrow is the neat exit holes an inch or two across.
Over the winter the pests live underground and create runways on the surface of yards to connect their burrow entrances.
While voles are good at eating your crops and damaging your lawn they re not winning any awards for climbing.
Voles mainly eat stems and blades of lawn grass so it s usually vole tunnels that you ll see near the surface of the yard.
Moles have a mainly carnivorous diet.
Voles look like mice.
Vole tunnels are most visible as snow begins to melt in spring.
Voles similar to other rodents have a mainly vegetarian diet.