Alien Bug Lands In Backyard
Posted: 26 July 2006 01:29 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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Posted: 26 July 2006 04:30 AM
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looks like some sort of giant hairy catipillar, but any further than that i aint got a clue.
Posted: 26 July 2006 07:04 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.
Posted: 26 July 2006 07:06 AM
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I can’t see the picture
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Posted: 26 July 2006 07:16 AM
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I’ll take a screen shot of it.
Posted: 26 July 2006 07:21 AM
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Posted: 26 July 2006 07:32 AM
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Posted: 26 July 2006 07:36 AM
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It looks like a Shar-pei. Or however you spell it.
Posted: 26 July 2006 07:48 AM
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Thanks FlintJ!
I will have to look into this further.
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Posted: 26 July 2006 09:17 AM
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Whatever this is, it surely is beautiful! I wonder if it’s another hybrid?
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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
See also: http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/misc/ef003.htm
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All I see is some ugly ass bug I would like to step on…..I can’t stand hairy insects…
