Is there a predatory roach out there?

[MantisMan]

Just curious, are there any roaches out there that r predacious, like mantises?

If so, what r they???

Thanx

 

[vfox]

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.

 

[Ralph]

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.

 

[Zephyr]

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.

 

[vfox]

Lol is that a P. pennsylvanica eating a cicada?