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onenicebugperday · 3 months

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@stlaika submitted: Found this large green gentleman inching around the dog bowl! Any idea what he could be? [Johannesburg, south africa]

Oooooooooo little friend. Looks like a slug caterpillar in the family Limacodidae, I think specifically a vivid slug, Latoia vivida. Although I assume it's already gone, don't touch it and don't let your dog touch it! Their little spines sting. Adults look like this:

Photo by tjeerddw

#animals #insects #bugs #submission #moth #slug caterpillar moth #cup moth #larva #caterpillar #slug caterpillar #vivid slug moth

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cathchicken · 1 year

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Photos of slug caterpillars in the most un-caterpillar shapes:

(Photo one: monkey slug caterpillar. Photo two: idonauton apicalis. Photo three: exact name unknown, type of cup moth larvae. Photo four: flipped over skiff moth caterpillar. Photo five: gelatine slug caterpillar.)

#WHY DO THEY LOOK LIKE THAT #stupid animals #phylogeny #slug caterpillar #bugs #insects #cool animals #cool bugs

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sinobug · 6 months

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Stinging Nettle Slug Caterpillars (Cup Moths, Hyphorma sp., Limacodidae) "Carrot Top" Pu'er, Yunnan, China

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critter-creature-or-beast · 5 months

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Submitted for classification by @goldenandglorious

#slug caterpillar #caterpillar #insect #arthropod #worm #bug #submission

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briery · 9 months

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Slug caterpillar larva (Acraga coa). (Hi-Res)

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plusie · 4 months

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theyshapedlikefriends · 6 months

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Qualia Niccolino - "Insect stuffed animals you don't like"

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heartnosekid · 6 months

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yellow slug moth caterpillar (olona sp. limacodidae) | source

#stim #slug moth caterpillars #insects #bugs #sfw #yellow #clear #animals #olona sp. limacodidae #i'm preeetty sure that's the proper scientific name for this feller but if not please lemme know #caterpillars #hands #ishy gifs #postish

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rattyexplores · 5 months

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Venomous Caterpillar

Doratifera quadriguttata

24/03/23 - NSW, Dapto

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moths-daily · 8 months

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have you ever posted the hag moth? their larvae are the most curious looking caterpillars ive ever seen

Moth of The Day #155

Hag Moth

Phobetron pithecium

From the limacodidae family. They have a wingspan of 20-28 mm. They can be found in North America. Their larvae are known as Monkey Slug.

And some pictures of their larvae, because I can't not show them to you:

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digitalerrabe · 1 year

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BUG HUGS, 2022

[ID: Fineliner-illustration of a person surrounded by insects. The are chilling on the ground with their arms on their head, visible from the shoulders forward. They have white skin, long, straight black hair, bushy eyebrows and green eyes. The bugs are placed on their arms, hands, hair, face and on the red ground under them. There are, among others, snails, scorpions, worms, moths, caterpillars, spiders as well as some insect-eggs. The coloure palette is very reduced with only two shades of green, two shades of red, black and white. On the bottom is a digitally added signature: Digitalerrabe. End ID.]