Mole Crickets

[Jen]

So. Yesterday my husband showed me all these little dug up spots that have recently appeared all over our lawn. They looked like miniature mole hills.

It just so happened that our exterminator was due to come today, so hubs asked them what in the world that was. Turns out it is "mole crickets". Yikes! The lawn was covered with those little mounds and guess what. Those crickets attract raccoons and armadillos and they dig up the yard even more than the crickets do. Who knew?

I hate the idea of killing anything, but...........really......... those little mole hills aren't attractive and I don't even want to see armadillos and raccoons swarming the yard at night. I don't want to kill them either. But.....

 

[Mountain trapper]

So. Yesterday my husband showed me all these little dug up spots that have recently appeared all over our lawn. They looked like miniature mole hills.

It just so happened that our exterminator was due to come today, so hubs asked them what in the world that was. Turns out it is "mole crickets". Yikes! The lawn was covered with those little mounds and guess what. Those crickets attract raccoons and armadillos and they dig up the yard even more than the crickets do. Who knew?

I hate the idea of killing anything, but...........really......... those little mole hills aren't attractive and I don't even want to see armadillos and raccoons swarming the yard at night. I don't want to kill them either. But.....

Just kill them. They are bugs ruining your lawn. I don't know why some people get squeamish over killing a pest. I use poison bait stations and traps for mice, I use poison gas on gophers, keep traps out for chipmunks and shoot squirrels, chippers and rattlesnakes whenever I see them. It's almost a full time job keeping the pests under control here.

 

[d_marsh]

Kill it. Kill it with fire.

 

[Jen]

Just kill them. They are bugs ruining your lawn. I don't know why some people get squeamish over killing a pest. I use poison bait stations and traps for mice, I use poison gas on gophers, keep traps out for chipmunks and shoot squirrels, chippers and rattlesnakes whenever I see them. It's almost a full time job keeping the pests under control here.

We did take care of it. The pest control guy put out some pellets and we are watering the lawn tonight to activate them. They are definitely pests.

Since I stopped feeding the birds squirrels don't come here much.

 

[Mountain trapper]

We did take care of it. The pest control guy put out some pellets and we are watering the lawn tonight to activate them. They are definitely pests.

Since I stopped feeding the birds squirrels don't come here much.

I think we get those mole crickets in our orchard too, only I didn't know what they were called. A skunk found a hole in the fence and digs little holes all over to catch the bugs. As long as the skunk is just eating the pests I'm OK with it.