• Lawns can be damaged from grubs and moles. Getting rid of the grubs can sometimes make the moles leave.lawn image by Sergey from Fotolia.com
  
  Moles and grubs are not friends to the lawn. Although moles are more interested in grubs than your lawn, they do mess up the lawn with their tunneling. Grubs, on the other hand, eat the roots of your grass, and will destroy the grass if left unchecked. These are two creatures that you must remove from your lawn. In most cases the moles will leave on their own if you get rid of the grubs, but sometimes you need to remove the moles as well.
  
  

Gel Bait

• To kill moles a poison generally works well. Once you determine the tunnels the mole is using, you can insert the poison bait in the tunnel and wait. The mole will eventually eat the poison and die. Mole gel bait is simple to use. It comes in a syringe so that you do not have to handle the poison or measure it out. To apply the gel, stick the syringe tip into the tunnel and press the end to squirt the gel out of the device. It contains warfarin as its active ingredient.
  
  

Traps

• Another effective device to kill moles is a trap. These are inserted into the tunnel by digging out and area of the underground path and setting it in place. The trap is hollow in the middle so that the mole senses that the tunnel is open and clear. When the mole moves through the trap, it springs and kills the mole with a snap of metal.
  
  

Nematodes

• Using nematodes is one way to kill grubs. The lawn should be watered before and after you apply the nematodes. They are parasites that attack young grubs and kill them. They will stay in the lawn for years, keeping it free of the little bug larvae.
  
  

Milky Spore

• Milky spore powder kills grubs quite efficiently, and lasts for years. It is a bacteria, and attacks the grubs. It comes in a powder form that is applied in evenly spaced locations, and in a granule that you can spread with a lawn spreader.