Looking out the window recently, I noted a mosquito-sized bug on the screen that upon closer inspect was not a mosquito.
Walking sticks showing up all over South Texas
Meet the dual-gender stick insect that is half-male and half
Creature Feature!– Two-striped Walkingstick (Aug. 2015)
Stick Insects National Geographic
Walking sticks showing up all over South Texas
News and blogs Department of Zoology
Stick Insect Facts Phasmatodea - A-Z Animals
Giant Walking Sticks — Phil Hardberger Park Conservancy
Giant Walking Sticks - LAURIE ROATH FRAZIER
Balanites aegyptiaca (simple-thorned torchwood)