Diet
The Parktown prawn is typically omnivorous, feeding on slugs, snails, and cutworms, as well as vegetable matter. They have been seen feeding on dog food, cat food, dead birds, as well as dry oatmeal and fallen fruit. They are also known to chew on wooden floor boards and wooden furniture. Gardens that have a high population of Parktown prawns will have almost no snails, thus, they can be considered an effective and natural form of pest control. Among their natural predators are the Hadeda Ibis, Fiscal Shrike and Helmeted Guineafowl, three birds in the urban habitat that are able to take on the considerable size of the Parktown prawn.
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