Even the Bugs Are BIGGER in Texas!

Before I ran this guy off he whipped my dog's ass and drank half my beer!Big state, big sky, big bugs.  I caught this guy cruising around my back porch this morning and thought I'd share a picture of this magnificent beast.  Not sure exactly how big he is, but the vent he's crawling on is 14" long.  I don't know his scientific name, but here we call them stick bugs or antenna bugs.  What does this have to do with Apple?  I took the photo with my iPhone.