The star-nosed mole lives in wet lowland areas and eats small invertebrates such as aquatic insects (such as the larvae of caddisflies, midges, dragonflies, damselflies, crane flies, horseflies, predaceous diving beetles, and stoneflies), terrestrial insects,worms (such as earthworms, leeches, and other annelids),mollusks, and aquatic crustaceans,as well as small amphibians and small fish. Condylura cristata has also been found in dry meadows farther away from water.