Let’s face it:
痣看起来很奇怪，甚至吃奇怪的东西……
Their snouts are extended and hairless, their eyes seem to be nonexistent, and their “paws” look more like flaps than external appendages.
Because of their bizarre physical features, one is inclined to wonder what (and how) moles eat in the wild.
Whether you’re just curious about what these mysterious creatures eat or you’re trying to solve a problem-causing mole, we’ve got you covered.
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The Average Mole Diet
虽然被归类为哺乳动物，但痣实际上不是食肉动物，食草动物或杂食动物。
They fall into the sub-category ofinsectivores，他们实际上使您受益于您的院子里。
什么是食虫动物？
This is an animal that eats only insects. Technically, this is asubset of the carnivorous diet pattern，但由于食虫动物只吃昆虫的“肉”，它是其自身较小，杰出的类别。
Moles have a few different favorite foods, all found in the soils where the mole spends the vast majority of its 3-year lifespan:
- Earthworms
- cent/千足虫
- Insect larvae
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A Mole’s Favorite Food: Earthworms
小时候在泥土中玩过的每个人都可能与至少一个接触earthwormat some point. They’re distinctive in that they have long, dark-orange or even reddish bodies broken into up to 150 segments.
earth被广泛认为是摩尔的理想餐。据报道，痣会regularly dine on earthworms throughout the day, as well as stash some in their burrows for later.
Earthworms also serve as the mole’s primary form of hydration due to the high content of water within the segments of the worm’s body.
Because moles expend so much energy each day, they’ll need a food source in abundance. The population of earthworms in the soil where moles burrow is ample, meaning the mole never runs out of grubs.
The Crunch of Insects
While earthworms are the clear favorite food, moles also like to snack on invertebrates in the dirt. This can include (but isn’t limited to):
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- Millipedes
- cent
- Insect larvae
- Crickets
- Slugs
Basically, anything that gets in the mole’s way as it通过土壤“游泳”can become dinner.
好奇痣捕食食物的样子，观看以下视频，显示痣吃蠕虫！
Why Do Moles Eat This Way?
您认为痣曾经饿着动物肉吗？
Probably not. But why?
Well, a mole’s physical traits, actions, and appetite act as variables to explain why this steady diet of insects fulfills and energizes this mysterious animal.
痣的物理特征
To take in WHY moles enjoy earthworms and other invertebrates so much, it’s important to know a little bit about their bodies.
所以what痣看起来像吗？
The mole’s front feetare more wide than long, and they are stuck to the sides of the mole’s body. This seriously limits a mole’s ability to “catch” prey in the traditional sense.
这是鼻子进来的重要性。
The snout of most types of moles is cylindrical and protracted in front of its face. This snout is the perfect size and shape to hold an earthworm in place while consumption can take place.
Think of a mole’s snout like you would an elephant’s: almost like a hand to assist with taking in food.
The outlier in the mole family in terms of using the snout to its advantage is the star-nosed mole–an otherworldly-looking creature with (you guessed it) a star-looking collection of tentacles where a snout would normally be.
这些洞穴的超级巨星（没有双关语）使用其外星人般的鼻子来抓住并基本吸收任何可食用的东西faster than the human eye can see。
Behavioral Patterns
Moles are not party animals.
实际上，他们花费了三年左右的时间，使他们活在地下之下，大部分是独自生活在自己挖掘的洞穴中。If they DO reach the surface of the dirt,it’s either mating season or purely accidental。
Worms, slugs, larvae and other invertebrates are plentiful in the dirt where the mole spends nearly its entire lifespan.
这种粮食供应通过鼻子以最小的努力，几乎没有抵抗力，将粮食供应直接输送到摩尔的嘴中，这对其饮食方式产生了很大的贡献。
Voracious Appetite
Did you know that moles eatalmost their entire body weighteach day?
痣虽然极端反社会是久坐的动物。他们挖掘几乎每个醒着时刻的隧道网络，实际上可以burrow up to 100 feet per dayif the soil is moist.
All that exercise means that your average mole is going to need to fuel up as often as possible.
土壤中的所有昆虫和蠕虫都是完美的。痣可以简单地对所有方便的东西进行简单的挑战，并获得继续挖掘所需的能量。
Moles are not party animals.
实际上，他们花费了三年左右的时间，使他们活在地下之下，大部分是独自生活在自己挖掘的洞穴中。如果它们确实到达污垢的表面，那就是交配季节，要么纯粹是偶然的。
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Will Moles Deviate From This Diet?
It’s normal to wonder what would happen if you tried to feed a mole something different.
After all, moles in captivity will eat frogs, mutton, and even起司withno qualms whatsoever。
如果您想吸引鼠标弹出院子，是否应该使用围绕网络上漂浮的一些流行方法？
让我们看一些最受欢迎的东西。
Will Moles Eat Peanut Butter?
Here’s the thing: a slew of different pests can belured by peanut butter.IT（与薄荷油一起）基本上是害虫控制的金标准。
The mole? Not so much.
Because this animal has evolved to crave a very specific insectivore diet, its tastes simply don’t include that of nuts or sugar.
Also, its habitat isn’t conducive to a peanut butter bait. Most vermin and rodents can easily sniff out the distinct aroma of peanut butter and run toward a dollop of it because they live out in the open.
另一方面，痣是地下，这意味着它们居住在地下。您不能完全将一团花生酱推入泥土中，并期望痣会闻到并吸引它。
Juicy Fruit Gum Kills Moles, Right?
There’s a ton of internet fodder that you can effectively kill moles in your yard with Juicy Fruit gum.
神话是这样的：如果您切割了多汁的水果或类似的非品牌条，将条带在摩尔的隧道系统中，痣将食用并变得便秘，最终死于废物堆积。
这是错误的as moles are not killed by juicy fruit. This is for a few reasons.
- 痣不会被口香糖的气味吸引，并且可能像对待异物一样对待。口香糖将通过鼻子中的神经末端作为不可食用的注册，痣会通过。
- 摩尔隧道中的人类气味是使痣在院子里其他地方包装和隧道的基础。因此，痣可能永远不会变成口香糖。
- If the mole DID ingest the gum, it would be purely accidental. Whether or not the gum would work to constipate and kill the mole is unproven, and should be taken with a grain of salt.
如何用洗碗皂杀死痣？
Another popular myth floating around the web is that dish soap can effectively kill a mole.
这是不准确的再一次像肥皂一样没有t kill moles. This is for a couple of grounds:
- Many internet searches实际上是指摩尔板球而不是痣，这会导致很多混乱。
- The mole crickets actually don’t die because of the dish soap, but they rise to the surface due to the change in the soil with its presence.
HOW THIS CAN WORK FOR MOLES: Theoretically, applying a dish soap and water solution to your soil can make the resident earthworms rise up in the same way that the mole crickets surface.
But cutting off (or drastically reducing) the food source of a mole tunneling through your yard, you can starve it, or at least force it to go burrow somewhere else.
花园里有什么痣？
有痣是否意味着每天早上看着花园时，所有植物都会被吃掉吗？
继续阅读以了解菌群如何受到痣令人难以置信的食欲的影响。
Destroyed Root Systems
已经说了痣to damage important root familieswith their constant activity underground.
While it’s commonly assumed that this damage is caused by their incessant snacking, it’s actually the act of burrowing itself that’s causing the damage.
These weakened roots can harm the trees, shrubs, or plants to which they’re attached above the soil, and lead to soft, eroded patches of dirt.
Wiped-Out Grasses
We’ve all heard the expression, “Don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill.”
How’d this phrase come about?
Well, if you’ve ever had a mole on your property, you are fully educated on the signs of moles in the yard. You’ll know all about mounds of dirt pushed up to the surface of the ground, dotting the landscape of your grass in ugly little hills.
In addition to these mole hills, you might see a snaking of dirt like a river system spread out across your grass.
那么，痣会吃植物吗？
Nope. It’s commonly believed that a mole will eat through the grass from above to get to the soil below, but this is actually incorrect. What they’re really doing: tunneling so furiously that the loose soil is excavated and sits along the grass.
关于痣及其饮食的底线
由于他们隐居的生活方式，不间断的挖掘和令人难以置信的食欲，因此通常相信这些家伙吃了各种食物。
尽管有很多相反的猜测，但痣是哺乳动物王国中最可怜的食客。
Simply put: they really only like worms, larvae, and other invertebrates. If they’re interfering with plants or other food sources, it’s merely accidental.
