Did you know that lizards eat cockroach?
By Margarita
@Meramar (2695)
August 27, 2018 3:29pm CST
A few days ago, we sat outside on our terrace. A big cockroach flew over and sat on the wall of our house and started to climb up. A lizard appeared from the roof, observed the cockroach, slided slowly down the wall and, once close, made a fast movement and caught it with its mouth. Then, it waited a few seconds until the cockroach stopped moving and disappeard again on the roof.
It was the first time I saw a lizard hunting its food and were really surprised.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
28 Aug 18
yup.the only house i had in arizona that did not have roaches was one that had geckos that got in somehow.boy did i apprieciate those lil guys.
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We have a few at home.. i hope they eat all the mosquitoes but i guess the mosquitoes are too fast for them
I really don't know if they are too fast for them, but after watching them hunting, maybe they have their way how to reach them!
@toniganzon (72554)
• Philippines
28 Aug 18
Oh wow! I didn't know this too. I know lizards eat insects like mosquitoes but I haven't seen a lizard gobbled up a cockroach.
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@yukimori (10148)
• United States
27 Aug 18
Most lizards like a variety of insects, including roaches and sometimes even moths or small butterflies. It's really neat to watch them hunt. I always fed my lizards crickets, but a lot of the people in the Facebook groups I belong to are partial to using dubia roaches and mealworms.
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