vid of mantris trying to eat a cockroach

[toadboy]

I saw this vid and was wondering if mantids had problems eating cockroaches, is one species of cockroach better than an other to be used as feeders??

http://www.flickr.com/photos/techuser/2873...in/photostream/

 

[OGIGA]

It looks like that roach has a pretty good grip. It's not a big deal since the mantis will eat it anyway and maybe even like it more because it's more lively.

 

[penda]

i have found that mantis love cockroaches , mainly due to their constant movement and speed which atracts a mantis very well , i feed my adult female madagascans adult blaptica dubai roaches all the time