A Peruvian jumping stick, a species of grasshopper that looks like a stick. It has molted, and the leftover light colored skin is right next to the insect. Branches and green leaves are in the background.
A molting Peruvian jumping stick at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Washington
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Pair of large, ca. 30cm mating walking stick insects on the trunk of a tropical tree with lichen and moss.
Large-bodied female from a pair of large, ca. 30cm mating walking stick insects from Ecuador on the trunk of a tropical tree with lichen and moss.
Skinny male from a pair of large, ca. 30cm mating walking stick insects from Ecuador on the trunk of a tropical tree with lichen and moss.
Stick-like jumping stick insect or stick grasshopper (family Proscopiidae) on leaf in the Ecuadorian forest. The insect has a bulbous head with huge eyes and conspicuously swollen anterior portions of its femurs.
“Sticks that are not sticks…some jump!” #Stick #insects #Phasmatidae include some of the largest insect species. This stock still mating pair from #WildSumacoLodge spanned ≥30cm. Nearby, an #Apiocelis jumping stick, #Proscopiidae played “stick” but soon jumped meter’s away & out-of-sight. #Ecuador
