I experienced something like this the other day! I was going into my garden when I noticed movement at my feet. The teeniest tiniest little mantis I’ve ever seen was scooting by on the concrete. I scooped it up in a cup to move it to the garden and it crawled out of the cup just as I got to the right spot. It floated like a feather as it fell into my garden.

It was just the one though. I squeed really loud from excitement and immediately thought of your comment lol