Editing Roadrunner (section)

== Food and foraging habits ==
[[File:Roadrunnerusarmy31.jpg|thumb|[[Greater roadrunner]] with a lizard]]

The roadrunner is an opportunistic [[omnivore]]. Its diet normally consists of [[insect]]s (such as [[grasshopper]]s, [[crickets]], [[caterpillar]]s, and [[beetle]]s), small [[reptile]]s (such as [[lizard]]s and [[snake]]s, including [[rattlesnake]]s),<ref>
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	cite web|
	title=roadrunner vs rattlesnake| website=[[YouTube]] | date=20 March 2014 |
	url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LE78eJx5hg
	 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/3LE78eJx5hg |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}
	</ref> [[rodent]]s and other small [[mammal]]s, [[spider]]s (including [[tarantula]]s), [[scorpion]]s, [[centipede]]s, [[snail]]s, small birds (and [[nestling]]s), eggs, and fruits and seeds like those from [[prickly pear cactus]]es and [[sumac]]s. The lesser roadrunner eats mainly insects. The roadrunner forages on the ground and, when hunting, usually runs after prey from under cover. It may leap to catch insects, and commonly batters certain prey against the ground. The roadrunner is one of the few animals that preys upon rattlesnakes;<ref name=desertusa>{{cite web|work=Desert USA|title=The Roadrunner|url=http://www.desertusa.com/road.html|access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> it is also the only real predator of [[Tarantula hawk|tarantula hawk wasps]].<ref name=avianweb />