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Voles are lawn rodents. They have small bodies with brown fur, tiny eyes, and short tails. But don’t let the cuteness of voles distract you. They will harm your lawn and cause your grass to die if they are not addressed. These little creatures are active year-round, but as fall and winter are fast approaching, you should know that voles will be able to do even more damage to your lawn once they are concealed by leaves and snow.
So, how can you tell if you have a vole problem? Voles are known by the destructive tunnels that they dig and by how they eat away at the blades of your turf. The most efficient way to get rid of them is through professional vole control treatments. Once your yard is free from these pests, you can fix the damage with services like fertilization, aeration, and overseeding.

How to Identify Voles & the Damage They Cause

So, how can you figure out if there’s a vole infestation in your yard? Lawn voles are adorable little creatures that look very similar to field mice. They have short tails, small ears, and small eyes. They usually have brown fur and gray underbellies. However, as cute as they are, lawn voles can quickly cause damage to your lawn. This damage will not only lower your curb appeal, but it could also harm and even kill your grass by cutting off its access to essential nutrients. If you spot one of them, or if you see the following damage around your property, you likely have a vole problem:
  • Tunnels - A telltale sign of vole infestation is the 1-2 inch tunnels that they leave behind. You'll spot these tunnels throughout your grass.
  • Bite marks in strands of grass - Uneven bite marks throughout your grass are another indicator of voles. Lawn voles will primarily eat away the blades of your grass.

Where Voles Hide & How to Eradicate Their Infestation

Voles love to hide in areas where they can go unnoticed, so places with thick mulch ground coverings near your lawn will provide the perfect breeding ground. They will also hide out in unkempt grass and in leaf piles that are left around your property.

To get rid of voles most effectively, we recommend you skip store-bought treatments. Instead, you should hire a trusted company to apply vole control treatments for you. These will be faster and more precise than any DIY treatments. Every company is different, but the best ones use the most effective and non-invasive methods to eradicate lawn voles such as:

  • Sticky traps
  • Bait stations
  • Contrac Bait Blox

How to Restore Your Lawn After Vole Damage

The treatments mentioned above can get rid of voles so that you can reclaim your yard, but they won’t fix the damage that’s left behind. The following services will help restore your lawn so that it’s as good as new:
  • Fertilization - Voles can weaken grass with their tunnels, which can cause brown or dead patches. Liquid fertilization will supply your turf with the nutrients it needs to regain its strength and fight off insects and disease.
  • Core aeration - Core aeration will give your roots much easier access to essential nutrients, sunlight, and water. This will significantly speed up the recovery process for your lawn.
  • Overseeding - It is highly likely that your lawn now has some bare spots from the vole infestation. Schedule overseeding to fill in those areas with new, lush grass.
We recommend that you schedule all these services together so that your yard can be restored to its full beauty after lawn vole damage.

Our team can help evict lawn voles from your property. Give us a call today to schedule our services.

You shouldn’t have to put up with lawn voles on your property. At Pest Badger, our team provides thorough vole control services that will help evict these pests from your lawn so that you can begin improving the health of your grass. We also provide the services that will restore your lawn to health! We proudly serve clients in Appleton, Green Bay, Bellevue, and nearby areas in Wisconsin. If you think you have a vole problem, give us a call today at 920-634-6780 to schedule our services.

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