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Video: bizarre-looking bug astounds motorist


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A South Carolina motorist was left scratching his head when he discovered that he had an unnerving 'passenger' in the form of a rather bizarre-looking bug. Tommy Hortman reportedly spotted the curious critter when he returned to his parked truck and noticed the unsettling insect crawling near his window. "It looked alien," the bewildered driver recalled, "like a claymation cross between a squid and a lobster.

https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/watch-alien-bug-astounds-driver

 

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Hag moth larvae (south carolina) reportedly these things sting..wouldn't be happy seeing one in my car.

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8 hours ago, Robotic Jew said:

Don't know what it is but it gives me the heebeejeebees.

It’s Becoming and it doesn’t bite.  Soft and {{Furry}}. 

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8 hours ago, Bed of chaos said:

Hag moth larvae (south carolina) reportedly these things sting..wouldn't be happy seeing one in my car.

....The larva is distinctive, with no close analogues, although it may be mistaken for the shed skin of a hairy spider or leaf debris. It has six pairs of curly projections, three long and three short from the flattened body, each densely covered in hairs. According to David L. Wagner, who experimented on himself, the hairs do not sting, contrary to popular belief....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobetron_pithecium

 

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4 hours ago, Festina Lente said:

....The larva is distinctive, with no close analogues, although it may be mistaken for the shed skin of a hairy spider or leaf debris. It has six pairs of curly projections, three long and three short from the flattened body, each densely covered in hairs. According to David L. Wagner, who experimented on himself, the hairs do not sting, contrary to popular belief....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phobetron_pithecium

 

Link states "some members of the Limacodidae family do sting". Sting or no sting, it looks like the face hugger from Alien. I want nothing to do with it.

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