MantisMan Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Just curious, are there any roaches out there that r predacious, like mantises? If so, what r they??? Thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Roaches are opportunistic feeders, they will eat live prey if it's weaker and easily consumed (fresh molts especially), but generally they will only eat dead and decaying insects/animals. That being said, they will readily eat oranges over freshly molted kin any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Periplaneta americana and Eublaberus prosticus are among the more daring predators. Not even either of these regularly eats live, healthy insects, but they can if they feel like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 They will eat anything, true to their omnivorous nature. In the past there was a family of predacious roaches, but it is believed that these were outcompeted by mantids for that niche. Who knows, there may be a strictly predacious species lurking in a jungle somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vfox Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Lol is that a P. pennsylvanica eating a cicada? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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