Mating pair of spiky brown phasmids

From Kubah National Park. This pair was on the ground, but I moved them up to this thin branch to get an unobstructed photo. The female thwarted my plans for a realistic-looking photo by not holding on with her front legs. Maybe Dares ulula?

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Albert Kang

Lion

Can't tell for sure based on this picture, but its more likely from the genus Hoploconia than Dares.
With females of Dares species, the abdomen tends to widen before narrowing at the end.
For Hoploclonia, you should be able to observe a 'triangled-spine structure' on her thorax. Posted 8 years ago
1. John Sullivan
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Albert! I do see that structure, partially obscured by the front leg of the male. And the male has a thin red vertebral stripe (just barely visible in this photo), so that seems to make this Hoploconia gecko. Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago