A Praying Mantis appeared on the house wall:
The next morning found it huddled against the cold:
It had reached operating temperature and gone about its business a few hours later.
I deployed a cardboard Mantis in its honor as a seasonally appropriate yard decoration, but mine didn’t survive the night nearly as well as the real one:
I doubt a predator was involved …
A site search will reveal previous encounters with their kind.
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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