Vole Lawn Damage

Vole runs can often be found in areas where bare ground and lawn intersect. Note the quarter for scale.
Vole runs can often be found in areas where bare ground and lawn intersect. Note the quarter for scale.

Photo: Jared Duquette

Tape measure over the top of an exposed vole run through a lawn.
An exposed vole run with a tape measure for scale.

Photo: Terry Kem

A series of vole runways through a lawn.
Voles clip grass very short to make paths or runways so they can move quickly over the ground.

Photo: Dave Robson

These hostas were damaged by voles that ate away most of the root system.
These hostas were damaged by voles that ate away most of the root system.
Photo: Missouri Botanical Garden
Prairie vole eating a stem.
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