Strange animal species ID.

[doom]

Hi,

can you help to id this strange animal species? I have no idea what it might be.

Here is the link http://galerija.foto-narava.com/displayimage.php?pos=-59528

 

[VictorHernandez]

New animal species...actually, I don't even know. The closest I could come is land jellyfish...very interesting.

 

[Crysta]

where was it found, what kind of location ? wet. humid? size of critter?

 

[doom]

Hi,

Location is in Slovenia. I found it in the forest under the bark. Size is around 1 cm. Looks like a snail but it is not an insect either.

 

[wayne the pain]

Fungi of some sort?

 

[myrmecophile]

Check out Microdon, a genus of flies that have larvae that often inhabit ant nests.

 

[poisoned]

Fungi of some sort?

I highly doubt it's fungi. Those formations on the underside look like legs and there is also this appendix on top that could carry some sensory organs.

I think I remember teacher talking about this in biology class, but I'm not sure. Maybe find a biology teacher nearby and ask?

 

[Tenodera]

myrmecophile is right, look at the information below the picture. Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdon.

 

[zonbonzovi]

Looks like an undercooked macaroon. The bulbous thing must be the abdomen?

 

[Galapoheros]

Hey doom I found one here; http://bugguide.net/node/view/146128/bgpage Those are pretty strange, never seen one before.

 

[lizardminion]

To me, it looks like a mollusc type I cannot name...

 

[Galapoheros]

To me, it looks like a mollusc type I cannot name...

Were you thinking "limpet"? That's what it reminds me of.

 

[Entomancer]

Looks kind of like an Abalone and kind of like a Limpet. I actually thought it was either of the two, then I read that it was found in a forest.

Also, on the left side of the picture, the two tube-like extensions look an awful lot like the breathing tubes that I've seen before on fly pupae and maggots, which underlines the ID on the page in the link.

 

[The Snark]

My vote is it's a kanom. A Thai confection made of rice and sugar. Or it is emulating one to attract small children. It will then reveal itself to be a small children eating alien.

 

[RobynTRR]

Very weird.

 

[bugmankeith]

First thought fungi, if an animal, perhaps a caterpillar, there are some caterpillars odder than this!