Title: Holes in the Lawn | Home & Garden Information Center
Headings: Holes in the Lawn
Holes in the Lawn
Birds
Earthworms
Insects
Solitary Bees
Cicada Killers
Crayfish
Voles
Squirrels
Chipmunks
Moles
Ground Hogs
Skunks & Raccoons
Rats
Armadillos
Lawn Pest Control
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Content: Motomco Tom Cat Mole Killer,
Talpirid,
Victor Moleworms Kill Moles, and
Sweeney’s Kill Moles Poison Moleworms. Follow label directions for use, including the determination of which tunnels are actively used by the moles. 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. 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. If this is not an option, then the trapped animal must be killed, and then buried or bagged and disposed of in the garbage. 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. 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. Chipmunks can be caught in rat snap traps baited with peanut butter. Both squirrels and chipmunks can be baited into wire cage traps with sunflower seeds or peanut butter. Squirrels may be repelled by the use of sprays containing capsaicin, such as: