Does anybody know wtf this creature is my dog just brought in? (Photos)
 

I noticed what at first glance looked like a piece of shit on the bed, but at closer inspection it was a weird, living creature. It looked like a cross between a snake and a centipede/insect of some kind.

Anyone out there have a clue what the hell it could be?

It displayed regenerative properties, as it's tail was starting to grow back after I assume being bitten off by my dog. We're taking the dog to the vet right now just in case the creature could be toxic.

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eww gross looking, no idea what it is.

Eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!

I don't know wtf it is, but it is grosscusting!

thats the most fucked up thing ive seen all day.

Damn, no idea... but it looks cool. Maybe some kind of caterpillar?

heh i dont think a creature regenerates before the naked eye or even overnight , unless its microscopic.

but i think its a caterpillar pupae ( before its a butterfly )
http://www.thisland.illinois.edu/50ways/images/14b.jpg

that's a new species right there

Yeah, it must be some kind of caterpillar. I've just found some similar...

http://www.all-creatures.org/works/i...pbushst-06.jpg

http://www.royalalbertamuseum.ca/nat.../swallcat2.jpg

http://imagecache5.art.com/p/LRG/28/...afras-leaf.jpg

I have no idea but it's damn interesting,I stared at it for a few minutes.

i dont know wtf it is! but omg you should save it just incase because nothing obvious to me pops out of what species it is.

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Wow, that is freaky looking! :1orglaugh

yikes no idea... but absolutely freaky looking

Looks like a brain worm, don't stick it in your ear. :)

Costa Rican Penis Monster...

definitely some sort of pupae/larvae/caterpiller looking thing... or the alien...

yeah i was thinking of the caterpillar thing too

The eyes are the fucked up part... I see caterpillars type things like that all the time but never with big ass bug eyes.

I'm watching Alien on TV right now, and couldn't help thinking the same thing. :1orglaugh

it looks like it has lips to wtf!

ooh crap wtf :) let us know how does it taste? :)

looks like a lava of something

It's 100% certainly a caterpillar. His real eyes are tiny and hard to see. Those huge "eyes" are just markings on his body to make him appear to have larger eyes and therefore be a much larger/more dangerous/difficult to eat animal.

how long it is ?

That thing is nasty

that thing is fn sick and it's gonna be the star of my nightmares tonight no doubt. Andrew Zimmern would eat it

those eyes are fake

looks like scintists messing around with stem cells again lol

but in all serious it looks like a moth lava o maybe even a caterpiller

Unusual. I hope your dog is okay.

It's larva not lava, and moth (or butterfly) larva is just another way of saying caterpillar.

those are fake eyes my friend :D

Chernobyl caterpillar?

A demonworm. I haven't seen one of these since 16th century England. Hold on a second I'm going to phone Buffy.

something you got at the store...it aint real......

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Slap it in a frying pan with some butter

dont forget the garlic:thumbsup

It's a moth caterpillar of some sort, obviously grows its wings after a short period.
I found something similar recently :thumbsup

And vinegar, I know he has lots of that :1orglaugh




See you soon Keith, looking forward to it brother.

LOL, my god yall are so silly. :)

It's merely a larva (caterpillar) of one of your native species of swallowtail butterflies. The eyespots are used as deterrents against predators, much like those of many moths in the Saturniidae family.

The entomology site I contribute taxonomic data to does not cover Central American insects, but I'm going to look around and see if I can nail down a specific genera for you.

At any rate, no need to freak out - if you happened to know what it's host plant was you could rear it into adulthood. I'll post again shortly. :)

I was close :D

This is the thing i come across here in the UK.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...aterpillar.JPG

i'd hit it!

I can't find a perfect match to that larva, but I know it's some swallowtail (Papilionidae) genera.

On another note, I'm trying to rear 40-50 Automeric cecrops pamina larvae, which look like this:

http://www.saturniidae-moths.de/Lepi.../Apaminara.jpg

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and some hot peppers too :thumbsup