What do moles eat?
A mole’s diet consists mainly of earthworms and insects, but may also include small mammals such as mice. Their saliva contains a toxin that will paralyze earthworms, allowing them to store their still living prey for later consumption. Before eating earthworms, moles pull them between their squeezed paws to force the collected earth and dirt out of the worm’s gut.
I’ve heard they eat termites. A reader asks: What do moles eat? I’ve heard they eat termites. Dear Reader: Having listened to people complaining about moles for so many years, you would think moles eat everything including the kitchen sink. Certainly you have heard they thrive on chewing gum, caster beans and probably a good, rare Porterhouse steak. So, it doesn’t surpise me to hear they eat termites, too. In fact, it makes a whole lot more sense than the chewing gum theory. Moles live a secret underground existance so observation is difficult. Without having constant visual access, it would be nearly impossible to determine if they purposely seek out termites as a food source. We do know that ground moles are omnivores. Its diet includes mostly insect larvae and earthworms, but it also eats other invertebrates, including slugs and centipedes, as well as roots and seeds. In captivity, moles will eat ground beef, dog food, mice, and small birds. (See! I told you they are reported to eat
