Diet
Mountain horned dragons are insectivorous, consuming only live food. Common feeders in captivity include crickets, earthworms, silkworms, mealworms, moths, roaches, wax worms, and grasshoppers. Mountain Horned Dragons require a variety in diet and will often refuse food when offered in excessive redundancy.
Typical Acanthosaura feeding behavior is a sit-and-wait style. They will perch 1 to 2 meters off the ground until they spot their prey, which is often down on the ground. It isn't uncommon to see a spectacular display of aerobatics from Acanthosaura species when hunting food. Mountain Horned Dragons will eat and hunt fish, but most won't submerge their heads to catch a meal.
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