What is this ?

[Drycreek3189]

Our exterminator sprayed for the tiny millipedes, because we have millions of them, and a bunch of these big bugs have died too. I had never seen any until they started dying on the driveway and porches.

[sneaky freak]

Preying mantis looks to be

[BayouCat]

Walking stick. Male, I believe. I used to let them go in my parent's house growing up. Drove my mother nuts.

[W E H]

Walking stick. They’re cool but they can become an infestation

[Drycreek3189]

It doesn’t look like a normal preying mantis to me, but that’s a poor picture.

[Muskles]

Google says it's a twostriped walking stick. I didn't realize there were different types of walking sticks.

[MetalMan2004]

Be careful with that, they spray poison at you from glands around the neck area. Don’t get it in your eyes

[Louis]

Walking stick

[RifleBowPistol]

That is a walking stick. I assume a female, but not a expert. I just know that some are much thinner and I think are smaller, which I think are the males. Then some are noticeably larger and much thicker, which I think are the females. When healthy and on a tree or plant, they are very good at blending in. I want to say they can change colors to match the plant or tree they are on.

Kind of odd, you have not seen one before, they are fairly common.

[Drycreek3189]

I might have seen them when I was much younger but they didn’t seem that thick. I know we have a bunch of dead ones around here. Thanks guys !