Local mole information

Mole control in Alabama

Learn what to look for around your property, explore your city, and ask about an inspection or a quote.

Moles in Alabama: what to know

Around Alabama

Conditions vary across the state. Choose your city below, then describe what’s happening around your home or business.

What to note

Where you see moles, how long it has been going on, and anything you’ve already tried are the most useful details to mention.

A useful next step

Ask about an inspection, what treatment would involve, and whether follow-up visits are included. You don’t need to identify the problem yourself before getting in touch.

Local research

Moles in Alabama: what the public record shows

Before you compare quotes, it helps to know which moles actually live in Alabama, when they are busiest, and what the state figures look like. Everything below links to the agency or university page it came from.

6 to 7 inches long, 3 to 4 ounces

Mole size

Pointed nose protruding about half an inch beyond the mouth; large webbed front feet with sharp claws.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Breed in March and April; gestation about five weeks; litters of two to five

Breeding

Because moles are solitary you may find only five or six moles per acre.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Moles are carnivores eating grubs, earthworms and beetles; voles are herbivores that girdle stems and eat roots

Mole versus vole

Alabama's two native voles are the pine (woodland) vole statewide and the prairie vole in the northern third of the state.

Alabama Cooperative Extension System

Mole species recorded in Alabama

Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) — Range across most of the eastern U.S. to Wyoming and Colorado; the only mole in Missouri.

Rules that apply in Alabama

Alabama Cooperative Extension ANR-2412

For context, nationally

7 — Mole species in North America. Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
Up to 150 feet — New tunnel per day. Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech)

Sources: Alabama Cooperative Extension System; Moles; Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Alabaster

Humid Subtropical · suburban setting

Mole control in Alabama

Moles in Alabama: what to know

Around Alabama

What to note

A useful next step

Moles in Alabama: what the public record shows

Mole species recorded in Alabama

Rules that apply in Alabama

For context, nationally

Explore Alabama cities

Alabaster

Auburn

Birmingham

Daphne

Decatur

Dothan

Enterprise

Florence

Gadsden

Hoover

Huntsville

Madison

Mobile

Montgomery

Opelika

Tuscaloosa

Vestavia Hills

Prattville

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