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Moles are normally found in soft moist soil. This soil is normally found in pastures, forested areas, gardens and lawns; Your lawns. If it were not for this last fact you probably would not be on this website looking up information. Evidence of moles in your lawn or flower beds is usually a rounded cones of dirt at spaced intervals. In cases of bark dust or very wet sod they can push up a crease the length of the very shallow tunnel. Normal tunnel depth is 4-8 inches below the surface. The mounds are nothing more than emptying out their tunnels and the tunnels are mostly just looking for food. The Northwest has two types of moles: The larger Townsend's mole and the smaller Coast mole. The main difference between the two is size. The reason this becomes important is, the larger they are the more they eat. The smaller the mole, the more difficult it is to catch. The diet of the mole consists primarily of earthworms, grubs and other underground insects. Their secondary diet consists of plant bulbs and other plant matter. Personal experience indicates a high number of tulip bulbs missing in action in areas of mole activity. Moles are solitary creatures except during the brief spring mating season. Other than this time period, they are very territorial and will fight over food. They will fight until one retreats or is killed.

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