CRITICAL STRUCTURAL/Landscape & Turf Pests
Botta's Pocket Gopher
Thomomys bottae
Subterranean excavator causing severe destruction across lawns, agricultural avocado groves, irrigation pipes, and ornamental landscaping throughout Fallbrook and Temecula.
Warning Signs In Your Home
- Crescent-shaped or fan-shaped dirt mounds with plugged burrow entrances
- Chewed drip irrigation lines and sudden localized lawn sinkholes
- Root systems consumed beneath citrus and fruit trees
Physical Identification Keys
- Brown robust body with external fur-lined cheek pouches
- Large curved front incisors kept outside closed lips
- Strong clawed forepaws built for excavation
How we treat it
Treatment & Prevention
An inspection of the yard and burrows, then trapping based on what we find.
Seasonal peak in the Inland Empire and North County: Burrows year-round; peak tunneling visible during damp spring and autumn periods.
Think You Have Botta's Pocket Gopher?
Book an inspection and we’ll give you an estimate based on what we find.