The NebGuide describes moles and their habitat, and provides recommendations for their control, including use of traps, food reduction, repellents, fumigants, and toxic baits. Damage Food Reduction Repellents Figure 1. Eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus .
Moles are well adapted for a life of digging.
They lack external ears and have tiny eyes concealed beneath their fur. Their front feet are wider than they are long. Webbed toes support strong claws and their palms turn outward. Plains pocket gopher, Geomys bursarius . Neither is seen very often and their stocky body types with powerful forequarters are somewhat similar.