Animals that eat roaches
Cockroach predators include mammals, avians, amphibians and other reptiles. For example, hedgehogs will eat roaches. Joining the roach à la mode dinner party are geckos, skinks and other species of lizards, frogs, turtles, some types of birds and even rats and mice.
What animals keep roaches away?
The Natural Predators of Roaches
- Toads and frogs.
- Lizards, such as leopard geckos, bearded dragons, monitor lizards, iguanas and even panther chameleons.
- Certain large species of beetles.
- Certain kinds of parasitoid wasps.
- Entomopathogenic fungi.
What is the natural enemy of cockroaches?
In the wild, these include: Amphibians like toads and frogs. Small mammals such as mice and shrews. Beetles, spiders, and other insects or arachnids.
