Close-up of the face of the female "jumping stick".

Looks like something from the cover of a science fiction book...

(La Selva Jungle Lodge, Ecuador)

arthropod; insect; grasshopper; jumping stick; female; Arthropoda; Insecta; Orthoptera; supF Eumatacoidea; Proscopiidae; subF Proscopiinae; Paraproscopia riedei, South America