Victory! in the War on Flies

There are about half a dozen of the babies surviving, all about an inch long. That young I've seen them snap at flies before but usually some frantic buzzing shakes the victim loose from baby's grip. But ha! Not today.

What would you do with a boulder-sized meal? Baby took over an hour to eat the legs and wings first, then started in from the back end and made it almost all through the head before dropping it. Glutted, baby now sits fat and contented.

Nice job baby mantis!