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What do jacanas eat in ponds covered with aquatic plants?

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Illustration of a crab plover (Dromas ardeola), showing a slender wading bird with long legs, a long pointed black bill, white head and underparts, and contrasting black wings and back. — Charadriiform Crab plover (Dromas ardeola)

Jacanas inhabit ponds and lakes filled with aquatic vegetation, such as water lilies. To forage, they move agilely across these plants using their remarkably long toes and claws, turning over lily pads to search for snails, arthropods, and other small animals.1