Montana the Wild Cat of the house, that is. Montana catches mouses, and then hires a surgeon to remove, carefully and with great precision, their entrails. And then leaves them on the carpet somewhere where we're sure to step on them.
Exhibit A:
Unbelievable. And what the heck IS that?
Still hard to believe little ol' me took this shot. 
And there wasn't a lot of magnification either, though I did crop it some.
Taken on the South Alligator River, Kakadoo National Park in the Northern Territory, Australia, October, 2006.
Yes, it's Wallaby scat. Very possibly from a Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (they even have a photo of some scat). I was in Kuringai Chase National Park north of Sydney at the time. And I tell you what, I was very excited to see this scat.
I grew up calling them "Ladybugs," but Christine says the Aussies call them "Ladybirds." I like the name better.
They've lived in this old house for years, sometimes showing up by the hundreds. This one was on a teapot.
Here's some info on Ladybirds.
Hans just emailed a photo he took of a bug he found in his home in Dee Why. Anbody got any guesses what it is? Christine says it could be an immature cicada, come out of the ground earlier than it should have.
Whatever it is, she's a beaut, I reckon. Here's a closer look.
