Your mantis kung fu is strong...

But it cannot defeat cat style kung fu...












Amber has been bringing in bugs -- the bigger the better. The last one before the mantis was a cicada buzzing its protest through the house before the dog took over and crunched it.















The dog's thinking about whether to crunch this one...













Mantis plays dead with legs in the air before we rescue it...












Here is is cleaning floor fluff and parakeet feathers off itself. Guess I need to sweep the floor...