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The "jumping stick" insect, which is actually a type of grasshopper that mimics stick insects.
This female is molting; the old shell is to the left.
(La Selva Jungle Lodge, Ecuador)
arthropod; insect; grasshopper; jumping stick; female; molting, Arthropoda; Insecta; Orthoptera; supF Eumatacoidea; Proscopiidae; subF Proscopiinae; Paraproscopia riedei, South America