I have spent the last few nights sneaking into the tunnel house in the middle of the night with a torch trying to catch sight of the little buggers who have decided that tunneling in my beautiful lettuce patch is a fun thing to do. Unfortunately I can't actually locate them, but I'm guessing they are moles and not gigantic stag beetles hatching and tunneling their way out. In fact, I'm pretty sure they are moles who are feasting on the stag beetle larvae...
We often have mole tunnels in the lawn, but stomping on them seems to deal with them okay and they never really cause any damage. Unfortunately the same can not be said for the tunnel house beds. It is hard to tell from the photos, but they are pulling everything up from the roots and mixing it all about. It is definitely time to look into some mole control methods. Those of you who only know moles from the Wind in the Willows and think they are very cute, think again!
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