In a message dated 12/30/2005 6:39:28 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, eob@peak.org writes: I rest my case. I might add that until I read the book a few years ago, I, too, believed that moles were exclusively carnivorous and that voles were using their runs to eat the bulbs. Apparently that is not always the case. Ernie, this information was startling. I have always been told moles were strictly insectivores. After reading your post, I did a Google search on moles and diet and found that virtually every report claimed that moles were strictly insect eaters, with earthworms the largest part of their diet. One report did say that almost every species of mole does indeed eat some vegetation, however. Learn something new every day. Bill Lee (who doesn't have Townsend's moles in Ohio)