: any of various small rodents (Microtus and related genera) that typically have a stout body, rather blunt nose, and short ears, inhabit both moist meadows and dry uplands and do much damage to crops, and are closely related to muskrats and lemmings
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Steve Bender, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
If small critters like voles and mice are problematic in your garden, take steps to protect tender hosta stems and crowns, which can become a cold-weather buffet for these animals.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
Send too tall turf into winter, and voles, moles, and other rodents may take up residence in the thick, inviting grassy coverage.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
Interestingly, research has found that the damage most people think is caused by turkeys often is the work of other wildlife, such as raccoons, deer, voles, or other bird species, says Pierce.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2024
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Like, stink bugs and cockroaches, scorpions, ticks, bees, beetles and borers and aphids, snails and mice and voles.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
If small critters like voles and mice are problematic in your garden, take steps to protect tender hosta stems and crowns, which can become a cold-weather buffet for these animals.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
Send too tall turf into winter, and voles, moles, and other rodents may take up residence in the thick, inviting grassy coverage.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2024
Interestingly, research has found that the damage most people think is caused by turkeys often is the work of other wildlife, such as raccoons, deer, voles, or other bird species, says Pierce.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2024
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vole
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: any of various small rodents (family Cricetidae and especially genus Microtus) that typically have a stout body, rather blunt nose, and short ears, that inhabit both moist meadows and dry uplands and do much damage to crops, and that are closely related to muskrats and lemmings but in general resemble stocky mice or rats
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