INDUSTRY LEADING
BURROWING PESTS
GOPHERS/MOLES/VOLES
Gophers, Moles and Voles are all burrowing rodents wreaking havoc on your lawn and can even damage your home. While all 3 are similar, they each have key differences separating them from one another. It's imperative a pest control program is set in place ASAP to keep your property from being completely destroyed. Hobbs Pest Control, LLC has effective treatment plans to give you peace of mind.
GOPHER CONTROL
HOW TO IDENTIFY GOPHERS
Gophers spend most of their time digging tunnels underground where they store food, nest, and have a water source making it very rare to see them above ground. Above ground you will see dirt mounds that they have kicked up when creating their tunnels.Generallty, 1-5 gophers is all you will find on an acre lot. Gophers wreak havoc on properties all year long but are most active in the spring and fall.
GOPHERS CREATE COSTLY DAMAGE
Gophers are highly destructive rodents and make it very evident when they are in your lawn or home. Gophers eat on grass and their roots killing your lawn. Once they've dug a tunnel headed to your slab, they use the plumbing to find their way into the house. Once inside the house, they take shelter under bathtubs, inside cuboards or inside walls, where they continue their damage. Once damages are done, these can be costly repairs reaching in the thousands making them one of the worst rodents to have in your home.
HOW TO GET RID OF GOPHERS
Hobbs Pest Control, LLC is fully licensed, trained, and has the knowledge of how gophers move to rid your proerty of these rodents. The unfortunate news is there is no way of keeping these burrowing rodents from traveling into your lawn. Hobbs Pest Control, LLC uses humanely trapping and steers away from poison to control your gopher infestation. It's imperative that once a gopher mound is found, action is taken quickly to keep them from moving towards your home. When you schedule a service we will evaluate your property and give you a treatment plan. Once accepted, we will return to your poperty 1-2 times per week. Once all activity is gone, we offer a 30 day warranty program and then a Monthly Gopher Control program after that.
WHEN CHOOSING A PEST CONTROL COMPANY, IT'S IMPORTANT YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH. FIND A COMPANY WHO IS LICENSED, EXPERIENCED AND IS FULLY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT YOUR PEST ISSUES.
MOLE CONTROL
HOW TO IDENTIFY MOLES
Moles are smaller than gophers but bigger than voles. They use their paddled shape feet and extra long claws to dig tunnels underground. Mole mounds above ground are typically smaller and more pointy than a gopher mound. Often times, their mole tunnels can be felt above ground and sometimes even seen. Moles feed on insects and their favorite is grub worms.
MOLES CREATE DAMAGE THROUGHOUT YOUR LAWN
During the moles pursuuit of grub worms, they rip your lawn up and pull the grass away from the root causing it lose nutrients and eventually die. Moles tend to stick to dirt that is easy to dig like golf courses, cemeteries, and well maintenanced residential lawns. In some cases, if the dirt is soft and easy to get through, moles will even go underneath your homes foundation causing damage.
HOW TO GET RID OF MOLES
Hobbs Pest Control, LLC is fully licensed, trained, and has the knowledge of how moles move to rid your proerty of these rodents. The most effective way of keeping moles out of your property is with a LAWN GRUB WORM TREATMENT. In addition to a grub worm treatment, we will place bait inside the moles tunnels to kill them out. This usually takes on average 3-5 weeks to completely rid your property of them.
VOLE CONTROL
HOW TO IDENTIFY VOLES
Voles are much smaller than Gophers and Moles and often mistaked for field mice. Voles, like Moles, do have a tunnel system, although not as deep. These shallow surface tunnels, or “runways” have the appearance of trails of dead grass about 1-2 inches wide, or ditches of bare soil about 1/2 inch deep. They are a result of voles consuming blades and stems of grass, as well as numerous traveling back and forth over the same path.
VOLES WILL KILL YOUR GRASS QUICKLY
Once Voles find an easily available food cource they will consistently revist the area leaving a pattern of tunnels throughout the yard. Unlike gophers and moles, voles can live in large groups causing extensive damage to your grass and lawn within a short period of time.
HOW TO GET RID OF VOLES
Hobbs Pest Control, LLC is fully licensed, trained, and has the knowledge of how Voles move to rid your proerty of these rodents. Our Vole Control program consists of baiting and can take 2-3 weeks to completely rid your property of Vole activity.
KEY DIFFERENCES IN MOLES, GOPHERS, AND VOLES
Understanding the difference means a faster treatment plan and a healthier lawn
Gopher Mounds
Mole Mounds
Mole Tunnel
Vole Tunnel
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