I concur with the subject line.

[silmaril]

lederhosen put "Predator fail." as the subject line:

Seen last night on our back window:

2-Inch Praying Mantis: I am a stick. Pay no mind to me. I am lurking death. I am nothing, nothing at all. Come closer. I am a killing machine honed by millennia of deadly struggle.

Extremely Small Moth: [ambles up the windowpane, bumps into 2IPM's stomach.]

2-Inch Praying Mantis: AH GOD MOTH MOTH MOOOOTH GETITAWAYFROMME! [falls off window in panic, flapping its wings frantically.]

Context sometimes entertains with Australian wildlife.

Comments

[lederhosen]

Since when do mantises have wings?

Since millions of years ago :-) There are some wingless mantises, but most species have them, even if they don't use them often.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgfjZ9z1cWs

[hatman]

Oh, right.

Used to thinking of them on the ground. But once I saw it flying, it clicked. I did actually know that. Silly me.

Thanks. :)