Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, Borneo (Shelford, 1916).
Sphodromantis viridus (Forskål)
Synonymy.—Sphodromantis bioculata Burmeister [Gurney, personal communication, 1958].
Experimental prey.—Blatta orientalis, Egypt (Adair, 1923): This species of cockroach was apparently used regularly as food for the mantid in the laboratory.
Stagmomantis carolina (Johansson)
Common name.—Carolina mantis.
Experimental prey.—Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana, U.S.A. (Breland, 1941): The mantids were fed 1-2 German cockroaches daily. One female mantid consumed 10 adult German cockroaches plus one oötheca and part of another in 2.5 hours. An adult German cockroach was consumed in an average of 8.5 minutes (range 5.5-15 minutes).
Blatta orientalis, nymphs, and Diploptera punctata, U.S.A. (Roth and Willis, unpublished data, 1953).
Tarachodes maurus (Stal)
Experimental prey.—Cockroaches, South Africa (Faure, 1940).