Mole crickets cause damage to plants mainly by feeding, but in part by tunneling. Feeding occurs underground on roots, at any time of day or night. At night, in warm, wet weather, mole crickets also will feed at ground-surface level on stems and leaves of plants; they do not climb above ground level. Their propensity to cut the stems of seedling vegetables, leaving the top of the plant and the roots undamaged, but killing the plant, is especially damaging. By tunneling, they disturb roots of plants, and drought-stressed plants are less tolerant to disturbance. Mole crickets eat turf- and pasture-grasses and many other plants. In general among grass species, bahiagrass is damaged heavily, closely followed by Bermudagrasses, whereas St. Augustinegrass, zoysiagrasses, and centipedegrass suffer less damage. Selected cultivars within these grass species may exhibit more or less damage than is typical of the species. Mole crickets have been known to attack tomatoes, sweet peppers, egg plants, carrots, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cabbage, and peanuts.