Twig-like walkingsticks relatively huge but harmless

Looking out the window recently, I noted a mosquito-sized bug on the screen that upon closer inspect was not a mosquito.

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Are praying mantises and walking sticks periodical insects like cicadas? They were in nearly every patch of long grass near my home on the north shore of Lake Erie two summers ago

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Walking sticks showing up all over South Texas

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