Strange bug

[doom]

I need an ID for this strange bug. It looks like an alien :razz:

 

[aluras]

Holy crap! where did you find such a thing? I wish I could ID it for you but......Yeah im sure its an alien.

 

[lukatsi]

If it's not a facehugger, than a caterpillar of Stauropus fagi (a moth in the Notodontidae family). Eats oak, beech, hazel and birch. Try to rear it, it'll become a nice fluffy moth.

 

[doom]

Lukatsi, thankyou!

 

[blazetown]

If it's not a facehugger, than a caterpillar of Stauropus fagi (a moth in the Notodontidae family). Eats oak, beech, hazel and birch. Try to rear it, it'll become a nice fluffy moth.

LOL. I was gonna say that it's the alien/predator hybrid.

 

[pavel]

That is EXTREMELY cool!

I wondered if it might be a caterpillar as it looked like it was holding onto the branch w/ a number of other legs. Very bizarre.

 

[spiderfield]

WOW, that is amazing! I don't think i've ever seen a caterpillar with thoracic legs that protrude as long as that. I'd have to say that's one of the best forms of mimicry/defense i've seen among larval Lepidopterans. Very nice find! :clap:

 

[anikaisbff]

WOW, that is amazing! I don't think i've ever seen a caterpillar with thoracic legs that protrude as long as that. I'd have to say that's one of the best forms of mimicry/defense i've seen among larval Lepidopterans. Very nice find! :clap:

ya thats ugly but interesting hahaha

 

[saltyscissors]

looks more like a terrestrial mantis shrimp to me.

 

[anikaisbff]

looks more like a terrestrial mantis shrimp to me.

i have never heard that

 

[Animalia]

yall are all wrong lol..... its just a MALE alien face hugger lol

 

[mandipants]

It's freakin' sweet is what it is...kudos, man.:clap: