Local mole information

Mole control in Minnesota

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

Moles in Minnesota: what to know

Around Minnesota

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 Minnesota: what the public record shows

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

Deep tunnels hold the young and are capped by conical molehills; feeding tunnels sit just below the surface

Deep versus feeding tunnels

Moles retreat to deep tunnels in very dry or cold weather.

University of Minnesota Extension

Compress a tunnel and look for renewed soil displacement within 24 hours

Finding an active run

Some surface tunnels are reused repeatedly; others are used only once.

University of Minnesota Extension

Trapping is the most effective way to control moles

Extension guidance

The harpoon-style trap is the easiest to set and most readily available; traps must go in active tunnels only.

University of Minnesota Extension

Mole species recorded in Minnesota

Eastern mole (Scalopus aquaticus) — Range across most of the eastern U.S. to Wyoming and Colorado; the only mole in Missouri.
Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) — Northeast and Great Lakes; wet soils; up to 7 young.

Minnesota also has pocket gophers, which are a different animal; confirm mole ridges before trapping.

Rules that apply in Minnesota

University of Minnesota Extension How to get rid of moles in your yard

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: University of Minnesota Extension; Moles; Virginia Cooperative Extension (Virginia Tech). Figures are quoted as the source prints them. How we check our sources

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Mole control in Minnesota

Moles in Minnesota: what to know

Around Minnesota

What to note

A useful next step

Moles in Minnesota: what the public record shows

Mole species recorded in Minnesota

Rules that apply in Minnesota

For context, nationally

Explore Minnesota cities

Blaine

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Eagan

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