Cockroaches for snakes

[Rhasputin]

Are there any snakes that eat hissing cockroaches? Do they have any nutritional value for any snake?
Just curiosity. I tried googling it out of curiosity but nothing came up, so it's probably a no, lol.

[Wizard]

While most insects are high in protein, they lack most of the other necessary nutrition that snakes require.

[John1982]

Rough green snakes(Opheodrys aestivus) are insect eaters. While I never fed mine roaches I imagine they would tackle appropriately sized nymphs. They don't seem to be very picky once set up right, if it creeps and crawls it goes in the jaws.

[Rhasputin]

rouch green snakes are cool, we actually have those here in VA and I had no idea they were insect eaters. I guess part of what I'm asking is also, is there any reason not to give one to a snake if it'll eat it? Not as a main staple I guess, since it doesn't have all of the necessary nutrients.

[Rhasputin]

also please don't take this question too seriously, lol.

[NH93]

Well, I think that if the snake is native to an area, and the cockroaches are native to the same area... and the snake will eat it - so long as the cockroach is clean or parasites and as you said, is not a main food source - I don't see the harm in offering it as a treat.

But take my reasoning with a grain of salt