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Posted: 26 July 2006 12:29 AM

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“I have no clue what the heck this thing is. Some guys found it crawling in their backyard in the city. Anyone?” says break.com

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http://www.break.com/index/alien_bug_found.html

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Posted: 26 July 2006 03:30 AM

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looks like some sort of giant hairy catipillar, but any further than that i aint got a clue.

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Posted: 26 July 2006 06:04 AM

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Compared to the leg of that table in the picture, its pretty massive. About the size of a bird, it looks like.

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Posted: 26 July 2006 06:06 AM

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I can’t see the picture

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Posted: 26 July 2006 06:16 AM

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I’ll take a screen shot of it.

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Posted: 26 July 2006 06:21 AM

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Here ya go.

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Posted: 26 July 2006 06:32 AM

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Aww, it’s cute!

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Posted: 26 July 2006 06:36 AM

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It looks like a Shar-pei. Or however you spell it.

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Posted: 26 July 2006 06:48 AM

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Thanks FlintJ!
How neat!
Looks like a mix between an asp caterpillar and a hag moth (or monkey) caterpillar.

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Hag moth caterpillar

I will have to look into this further.

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Posted: 26 July 2006 08:17 AM

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Whatever this is, it surely is beautiful! I wonder if it’s another hybrid?

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Posted: 26 July 2006 10:40 AM

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StartLizard is right, this really looks to be a hag moth caterpillar, also called monkey slug OR a puss moth. Still images: http://bugguide.net/node/view/452/bgimage

Puss moth: http://bugguide.net/node/view/1403

Here’s the underbelly of one. I’ve added the puss moth caterpillar as well. I should also mention they are EACH one of a group of caterpillars that sting. Don’t pick one of these up! http://www.forestpests.org/publichealth/stingingcat.html

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