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