Flies and the fight against them

The mole rat is not the most pleasant guest in the garden. It brings a lot of harm and it can be honorably called the most undesirable pest. Therefore, mole rats and the fight against them, as a rule, takes some time from the owners of garden plots.

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Pest Description

Often these pests are compared with moles or even confused. Having seen underground passages in the city, summer residents first of all think precisely about moles, not even thinking about mole rats, but these pests are much more dangerous.

Appearance

The mole rat is a small animal that is adapted to the underground way of life, its hair is short, light gray in color with possible yellowish, pinkish shades. The skull on his head is flat, and the length of his whole body is about 23 cm.

Life activity

Their main harm lies in the fact that, unlike moles, they are herbivores and devour vegetables from the garden, well, or put them off for the winter. That is why you need to know how to catch a mole rat.

Important! In the burrows of these pests, some find up to 14 kg of carrots, potatoes, radishes.

The burrows of this pest are a very complex and unusual mechanism. Inside they have a very complex structure, placed horizontally, very close to the surface of the earth. Only sometimes does the animal make a hole and go outside, but this is extremely rare. Another difference between this type of animal and moles is that moles dig their minks with their paws, and mole rats dig their teeth, which they have very well developed, especially the lower jaw.

Important! Giant mole rats are the largest in their family and are listed in the Red Book. They can be up to 35 cm in size, and up to a kilogram in weight. The giant subspecies is also herbivorous, it eats the fruit itself, and stores the roots of plants for the winter. One such animal per season can store about 16 kg of food, and having bred, they leave many summer residents and gardeners completely without a crop.

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Fighting mole rats

There are many different ways to get rid of mole rats, but it is important to remember the difference between ordinary mole rats and giants. Here is a list of proven methods that will help you solve the problem once and for all.

Trap

This method, believe me, will cause you a lot of trouble, but nevertheless, you can get rid of mole rats in this way. Take advantage of the fact that these pests do not tolerate drafts:

1. Find the animal’s hole and dig it well.
2. Next, dig another deep hole and cover it with a lid of any metal.

Important! The mole rat will feel the cold and will want to settle in a covered mink, where you will already be waiting for it.

The second method of catching mole rats using traps is also used to catch moles. Its essence is to make a small digging at the same level with the burrow of the rodent and put a vessel with water there.

Important! When the mole rat gets there, he cannot get out of the water and you can easily catch him.

Poisons and Poisons

This method may not be very effective, because in the garden there are already quite a lot of food and animals may not even touch the poison. Many summer residents tried to pour rat poisons, essential oils, etc. into the burrows, but judging by the reviews, this helped little.

Important! There is also another popular method - to put damp fish in burrows of mole rats, many say that it saves. The only minus of this method is that the smell of rotten fish spreads not only along the mink of the mole rat, but throughout the summer cottage.

Ultrasonic devices

Now in stores there are a lot of devices that operate on the basis of ultrasonic waves.Such devices for repelling mole rats operate from solar panels, whose work terribly irritates the hearing of rodents (not only mole rats, but also many other summer pests).

Important! This method is the most gentle - both for rodents and for those who poison them. Ultrasonic devices do not kill, but only frighten off mole rats and you do not have to collect the corpses of dead animals.

Other methods

Other methods include the use of conventional hoses. Just place a hose in the rodent of the rodent and turn on the water at medium pressure - this is enough to destroy the mole rat.

Important! The disadvantage of this method is the considerable cost of water.

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Flies are a very serious problem that needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Otherwise, you simply lose the entire crop. This article presented the most common methods by which you can destroy or drive them away. These methods should definitely help you.