当您开始在院子里看到神秘的泥土时，它们是地鼠和痣吗？
And how in the world can you tell them apart?
好吧，您来了正确的位置。在这种害虫策略中，您将学习如何：
- 确定地鼠与痣之间的身体差异
- 了解他们的行为差异
- Understand their dietary differences
- 确定丘陵的差异
- 获取知识来消除它们
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把differences between gophers and moles will shape the methods and techniques you’ll use to eradicate them.
Although they’re both burrowing creatures, there are enough distinctions between them, especially in their dietary requirements, that it creates variations in how you approach, and deal with, their presence in your yard, garden, or fields.
In short, what works on one won’t necessarily work on the other. Knowing the differences will save you a lot of time, money, and frustration.
We’ve got a lot of ground to cover so let’s get started!
地鼠和痣之间的身体差异？
这始终是开始的地方。它们都是具有类似身体形状的啮齿动物。但是，有足够多的区别可以告诉他们，即使是单一的外观。
Gophers have the usual “rat” or “rodent” look about them; beady eyes, chisel teeth, whiskers, round ears, long skinny tail, and clawed feet. When you first see one, you might be forgiven for mistaking it for a large rat. The hindquarters aren’t as big and “bulgy” as those on a rat, but at a casual glance, it’s easy to mix them up.
Moles, on the other hand, have a very distinctive appearance. They have an elongated, pinkish snout.
他们的眼睛几乎是看不见的，他们的脚肿大的脚是像爪子一样的，虽然有爪子 - 但他们的身体毛发太短了，他们的腹部几乎是赤裸裸的。他们的脚是明亮的粉红色，与身体其余部分的颜色形成了鲜明的对比。
We’ve included some pictures of gophers and moles for you to look at. As you can easily see, the differences between them are very visible and easy to spot. Once you know what to look for you’ll always be able to tell them apart.
Differences in behavior between gophers and moles?
Gophers live alonein their burrows, which can be quite extensive. Only when mating, or when the female is caring for her young, will there be more than one gopher per burrow. However, their burrows can interconnect with each other. Their population density can be very high sometimes, up to 60 per acre if there is an alfalfa field for them eat from.
Pocket gophers, as they’re sometimes called, get their name from the deep, fur-lined external pouches on their cheeks that they use to carry food in.
Moles also live aloneand the burrow systems of several moles may be connected, just like gophers. They burrow year-round, peaking in May through June, and a single mole can create an extensive network of burrows. They mate in February and March but are otherwise solitary.摩尔人的种群密度is much lower than for gophers, only about 2-3 per acre.
Differences between gopher and mole diets?
Gophers are vegetarians。尽管它们在进食时会吸收一些较小的昆虫，但这只是一种偶然的事情。
They’re going for the veggies. They eat mostly roots and tubers. Alfalfa and dandelions are their favorites, along with tree roots, bulbs, leaves, and tender roots they encounter while digging.
Moles, by contrast, are carnivores。大多数人认为它们是非常缓慢的生物，但是由于无休止的隧道行为，痣实际上具有很高的能量需求。因此，他们的食欲很大。
Moles & Gophers
他们都是孤独的生物，他们创造了大量的洞穴和土墩，但由于其喂养习惯的性质而以不同的方式造成损害。在大多数方面，除了可以吞噬地鼠，而可以喷洒农药以杀死痣的食物来源，但消除它们是相似的。
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他们每天可以吃近70-80％的体重。他们积极地全年喂食。痣吃成熟的昆虫，蜗牛幼虫，蜘蛛，小脊椎动物，earth，有时甚至是少量的植被。worm和白g是他们首选的食物。
这些饮食差异可以产生重大结果。地鼠会通过食用其根部来造成农作物和植物的破坏，而摩尔人会通过挖掘并在各处留下隧道线来损坏您的院子。地鼠会造成最大的经济损害，而痣则大多对美化美化的美感造成美学损害。
Differencesbetween gopher and mole tunnels/mounds?
Gopher mounds展示独特的风扇，马蹄或半圆形形状。洞穴的入口位于土墩的“开放”侧。一旦看到一个，您就永远不会将其误认为。他们真的很脱颖而出。
他们的tunnels are 12-18 inches underground，因此它们大多是从上面看不见的。它们存在的唯一迹象是土墩 - 每个地鼠都可以将几个土墩连接到同一隧道系统。
鼹鼠丘,另一方面,像miniature volcanoes,围绕中心的洞穴入口。另一方面，他们的隧道是清晰可见的everywhere they go. They leave the ground soft and mushy. One of the dangers associated with them is the risk of a twisted ankle if you step on a mole tunnel and it collapses under your weight.
How do you get rid of gophers and moles?
可以通过以下方式消除地鼠。
- 困住他们的跑步
- 引诱他们的运行and mounds
- 使用声音或化学驱蚊剂
- 熏制他们的洞穴
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可以通过以下方式消除痣
- 困住他们的跑步
- 引诱他们的运行
- 使用声音或化学驱蚊剂
- 喷洒农药以杀死他们进食的昆虫
Fumigation works fairly well on gophers because their burrows are deep enough underground to prevent major leakages of the gases used on them. It’s rather time-consuming because of the need to fumigate each mound separately and seal off any leaks that do occur – and there are always some. Fumigation doesn’t work on moles because their tunnels are so close to the surface there’s no way to trap the gases inside. It’d be like trying to fumigate a roll of chicken wire.
不过，喷洒确实适用于痣，而不是通过喷洒它们，而是通过喷洒农药来杀死它们所食用的昆虫。我曾经在一个女人的院子里喷了200加仑的统治，以杀死她的痣正在吃的虫子。那天我杀死了很多虫子，但这是一次性解决方案。当错误返回时，痣也是如此。
喷洒根本不适用于地鼠。
关于痣和地鼠的最终想法
Gophers and moles have a number of similarities since they’re both members of the rodent family, but the differences between are large enough to make their identification relatively straightforward.
他们都是孤独的生物，他们创造了大量的洞穴和土墩，但由于其喂养习惯的性质而以不同的方式造成损害。在大多数方面，除了可以吞噬地鼠，而可以喷洒农药以杀死痣的食物来源，但消除它们是相似的。
