Eastern moles spend nearly all their lives underground and seldom show themselves even where they’re well established, so Nebraska’s record is a modest 47 reports, 42 on iNaturalist and 34 in GBIF, with 29 appearing in both. NatureServe rates the state population S5, secure, and the leading counties, Douglas and Sarpy along the Missouri and lower Platte, fit the river-bottom soils moles favor across eastern Nebraska.
Records peak in May and June (8 and 9 sightings, together over a third of the year’s total), likely tracking spring soil-moisture conditions that push moles closer to the surface and make their raised tunnels more visible after snowmelt and rain.
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