Praying Mantis Hitchhiker

As I drove off this afternoon, I noticed there was a praying mantis on my windshield. I stopped to put the mantis on a tree trunk. As "The Compleat Idiot's Guide to Volkswagen Repair" notes, we'd all drive more safely if we were strapped on the front of our cars like Aztec sacrifices, but that doesn't apply to baffled insects.