Voles can be caught using apple slices as bait in the wire cage traps, or in rat snap traps baited with apple slices and placed near their holes.Ĭhipmunks can be caught in rat snap traps baited with peanut butter. There are many brands and sizes of wire cage traps, such as those by Havahart Traps, Comstock Custom Cages, Tomahawk Live Traps, Catch & Release Live Animal Traps, Kage-All Live Cages, JT Eaton Live Animal Cage Traps, and Petrum Humane Animal Trap Cages. If this is not an option, then the trapped animal must be killed, and then buried or bagged and disposed of in the garbage. However, if the landowner has a large piece of property, the animal can be released further away from the home on the landowner’s own property. The SC Department of Natural Resources (DNR) does not allow the trapping and relocation of trapped animals to another location because of animal and human disease considerations, such as rabies. Examples of brands are:įollow label directions for use, including the determination of which tunnels are actively used by the moles. These baits contain bromethalin, which will work within 24 hours after being eaten to kill the moles. Mole may be controlled within their tunnels with poison worm baits that are inserted into actively traveled tunnels. T’s Nature Products Whole Control Mole Repellent. I Must Garden Brand Mole & Vole Repellent,.Motomco Tom Cat Mole & Gopher Repellent,.Natura Repellex Mole & Gopher Repellent,.Many products are available as hose-end applicators to thorough wet the lawn being damaged, or as granular products, such as: Moles and voles may be temporarily repelled from the lawn for about 2 weeks using a spray of castor oil to saturate the lawn. Follow label directions for use for rate, safety and instructions for watering in all granular products. The grubs are controlled as they feed on the grass roots. These imidacloprid products are systemic within the turfgrass and will last the entire season. Grub treatments specifically containing the insecticide imidacloprid may be applied to the lawn during May. Grub treatments that contain contact insecticides will last about 2 weeks. The most efficient time to treat is during early July when the grubs are small and close to the surface. There are many brands of grub killers sold in a granular form that can be spread over the lawn and watered in. Lawn Pest ControlĮliminate beetle larvae (grubs) in the lawn, which may be fed upon by moles, skunks, raccoons and armadillos. Recently, armadillos have be sited as far north in South Carolina as Anderson and York counties. Their burrow is up to 15 feet long and has an entrance that is 7 to 8 inches in diameter. Holes are typically 1 to 3 inches deep and 3 to 5 inches wide, but the disturbed area can be as wide as 3 feet. They are active from sunset to early morning hours and will root in lawns, vegetable gardens and flower beds, looking for food.
Joey Williamson, 2016 HGIC, Clemson ExtensionĪrmadillos eat mostly insects, earthworms, and spiders. Crayfishĭamage to newly laid turfgrass sod by raccoons. You may notice a small, u-shaped mound of dirt at the entrance as well as lines in the soil where cicadas have been dragged. They prefer areas that are dry and bare but may also be found where grass is maintained very short. Females create a ½- to1-inch diameter tunnel into which they drag immobilized cicadas. Cicada KillersĬicada killers are large wasps that hunt cicadas and use them to feed their developing young. The entrance may be surrounded by a mound of loose soil as high as 2 inches. These holes are typically between ¼-and ½-inch wide and are found where vegetation is sparse. Many bees, for example, are solitary and will dig cylindrical tunnels in loose soil as they create chambers for egg-laying. There are also insects that prefer to live in the ground during their adult stage. Examples include cicadas and June beetles. These holes may be surrounded by small mounds of loose soil and fecal pellets.
In the spring and early summer, especially after a rain, you may see nickel-size holes caused by their emergence.
There are many insects that spend the winter in the soil, during which time they transform from a larva into an adult. Joey Williamson, ©2014 HGIC, Clemson Extension
Eastern cicada killer wasp (Sphecius speciosus) attempting to fly to its nest in the ground with a captured cicada.
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