This stick bug was on my front door the other day....I hadn't seen stick bugs for years until this year this is the 3rd one I've seen....
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/DSC_0078.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/DSC_0080.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/DSC_0081.jpg
And earlier this year I saw this huge praying mantis on the side of my house....
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u..._2673987_n.jpg
I can't help but think this is one of her offspring....
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/DSC_0098.jpg
To show its size....
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/DSC_0099.jpg
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...5/DSC_0110.jpg