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Mantids will usually eat anything that moves, but from my studies, ants are too small to justify the energy required to capture one. They would probably have a hard time holding it. I had a praying mantis that ate a lizard; the lizard was my pet and I never thought it would happen. This was before the days of computers so I couldn't simply Google the subject. They love crickets; I've actually fed them by hand. They don't have any interest in earthworms, at least mine didn't.
Praying mantises love crickets but be careful! If you catch the cricket there is a slight chance that that\those cricket(s) could have been in a lawn with fertilizer in it. That can be harmful, even deadly for a paying mantis.
Praying mantises eat crickets, moths, flies, bugs, and stink bugs. They can't eat rollypollies because of their hard shell.
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What can praying mantises eat besides bugs?
Large Praying Mantises can eat small lizards, mice, and birds.
What is the praying mantis enemy?
Praying mantises eat other bugs. Especially grasshopers.
Do praying mantises eat frogs?
No, praying mantises do not eat frogs, they eat insects. Frogs are far too large for a praying mantis to eat them.
What birds eat praying mantises or other birds that eat praying mantises?
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Do praying mantises eat grasshoppers?
Yes. A praying mantises' diet consists mostly of insects.yes
Do praying mantises eat caterpillars?
No
Do preying mantises eat crickets?
Yes, praying mantises do eat cricket if they are big enough to eat them.
Can praying mantises eat ants?
yes
How does a praying mantis behave?
it likes to eat roast chicken for tea and chocolate for dessert
What do Chinese praying mantises eat?
they eat ducks and tigers
What are praying mantises enemies?
their predators are birds, lizards, bats, snakes and turtles
What is the praying mantises importance in the garden?
the praying mantis eats all of the slugs and other bugs such as ants and pests that eat your flowers and plants.
