Rare Insect In The Desert

We saw these often in Michigan, when I was a kid. This is the second I've seen here in AZ in 7 years. He's clinging to the doorframe of my shop. He has 6 legs, the front two of which are held tightly together facing upwards, making him look much longer than he really is.

 

Stick insects?...we get a lot of them in Spain....

 

I've seen them here. I think we call them walking sticks.

 

Yes, my mother called them devil's walking sticks.

Distribution (observed in shaded areas). They are coming @Frank Sanoica .

 

They are also here in the Dominican Republic some get quite large

 

@Shirley Martin
That's what the "grown-ups" called them when I was small.
Frank

 

So they can survive in cold Canada.....interesting. Often wondered while trudging along at -20 degrees F how those nasty flies and such stood the winter, but they did!
Frank