Will Mantis eat flatworms?

[AttackDonut]

Another poster has a ton he is selling, would make nice Mantis food, assuming he'll eat them...

..will he?

 

[oz]

question. what is exactly a flatworm ? And why do people want to get rid of it. I thought flatworm were nudibranch. Don't people pay to have those things ? thanks.

 

[Gonodactylus]

Different phylum. Flatworms are Platyhelmintes characterized by not having a through-put gut and a rather simple ladder type nervous system. The one that most people is Planaria that is often used in biology class to demonstrate regeneration. (You cut it in half and the tail grows a new head - the head a new tail.) You may have found similar species on your lettuce. There are marine species, some quite large and attractive - up to 3 inches long and an inch and a half wide. I must say I have no idea if a stomatopod will eat them. Nutritionally, the marine species at least should be alright.

Roy

 

[MDKyleZ]

I have heard but not seen personally that mantis shrimp will eat flatworms only if starving, and no other source of food is avalible.