The Last Mantis

As a kid there was always one bug that eluded me... the Praying Mantis.  I loved looking at pictures in books or the specimens at the museums but I had never seen one alive in the wild.  Jump 30 years later and there everywhere.  At least in New Mexico they are.  Its the end of the their season and they pop up everywhere.  This guy was on our back porch and got caught in last nights freeze. I warmed him up on a window sill and he was good to go (Although he is starting to go blind).