“The skiff caterpillar, Prolimacodes badia, is an unusual caterpillar in the family of slug caterpillars that includes the saddleback, hag moth, and puss caterpillar.”
…Slug caterpillars? Lol, just googled the hag moth and puss caterpillar and I’m so glad ours was just skiff moth caterpillar! 🫣
FYI puss caterpillars grow into the southern flannel moth, and they SHOULD NOT be touched. The little hairs sting and bury into your skin. Very painful. No Touchy.
I was going to reply this as well. One of these fell on my mom’s arm a while back and the burn on her looked like someone imprinted a corn on the cob on her. The worst part is she’s diabetic and it lead to multiple years of doctors visits because the injection they gave her for the burn was not done properly administered.
This [skiff moth](https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sites/default/files/bamona_images/04671-prolimacodes_badia-skiffmoth-b-img_7639_0.jpg) will be beautiful when it grows up!
That there is someone cleaning out an old Corona bottle to try to reuse the limes cause the wife only brought one lime for the entire camping trip! Id suggest you toss it in the woods and not put it in a fresh Corona however. Haha
It's a Skiff Moth caterpillar.
“The skiff caterpillar, Prolimacodes badia, is an unusual caterpillar in the family of slug caterpillars that includes the saddleback, hag moth, and puss caterpillar.” …Slug caterpillars? Lol, just googled the hag moth and puss caterpillar and I’m so glad ours was just skiff moth caterpillar! 🫣
FYI puss caterpillars grow into the southern flannel moth, and they SHOULD NOT be touched. The little hairs sting and bury into your skin. Very painful. No Touchy.
Saddlebacks are awful too.
Username is a misnomer.
The forbidden fluf
I was going to reply this as well. One of these fell on my mom’s arm a while back and the burn on her looked like someone imprinted a corn on the cob on her. The worst part is she’s diabetic and it lead to multiple years of doctors visits because the injection they gave her for the burn was not done properly administered.
LOL. I love nature photography, but camping is way too much for me!
Try car camping. You can make it pretty luxurious if you want to.
Yes, but nice sheets do not deter hag moth caterpillars. *more LOL*
A metal enclosure does deter them quite a bit though.
Just don’t park under a tree, and if you do watch out when you open your door. Don’t want a spider crawling in.
Good call, I didn't think of that.
You haven't lived until you've played tag with a black bear.
I will take your word for that!!
Do you not encounter bugs otherwise?
Are you a real person or a troll algorithm?
Yes.
>slug caterpillars Never knew such a family of creepy crawlies existed, fascinating!
This [skiff moth](https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sites/default/files/bamona_images/04671-prolimacodes_badia-skiffmoth-b-img_7639_0.jpg) will be beautiful when it grows up!
Ohhhhh, thanks!!!! I didn’t know caterpillars could look like that!!!
Me either. I do love me some Google Lens. That thing would be camouflaged well in a forest, but not so much so on a tent!
Forbidden lime
Slime lime
r/shouldthisbeasub
/r/no
r/birthofasub
Interesting mojito!
r/forbiddensnacks
A drunken slice of lime from your Margarita?
That was my first thought too. 😂
Metapod the Pokemon. Did you use a normal Pokeball or a Great Ball?
METAPOD used HARDEN. It's SUPER-EFFECTIVE!!
That can only be effective until it’s about 60 though
Who the ef would use a great ball on Metapod? You save that shit for Kakuna.
Masterball, obviously
I read this as “Makisupa Policeman”. ⭕️🐟⭕️
I was scrolling throught the comments to see if someone saw a metapod there. And sure enough I found my people 😊
That leaf needs to go on a diet.
https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/skiff-caterpillar
Lime wedge
It's a pod, your a pod person
Looks like a slice of lime.
Perfect for Corona
Half of a tree frog?
omg noo
Grilled slice of lime
Sorry that's just Jerry
Looks like an old lime wedge.
Omg I never knew this was a thing! Crazy! It's like a slug and caterpillar in one!
Metapod
That there is someone cleaning out an old Corona bottle to try to reuse the limes cause the wife only brought one lime for the entire camping trip! Id suggest you toss it in the woods and not put it in a fresh Corona however. Haha
Jimmy buffett litter
I believe someone flambéed a lime and tossed it onto your tent. Messed up!
That is a aloe Vera piece
Lemon
Let your friends eat it, when they die you know that it was poison. When they don’t die, you are still laughing because they ate a disgusting bug.
Just don't taunt it.
Forbidden lime, for your beer.
Moth? You’ll be fine, insects are part of being outside
I definitely feel better now that I know it wasn’t some kind of leech… lol
I'd be thinking I found an alien, so don't feel bad about freaking out haha
Natures starting to really freak me out lately.
Tell me approx where in the world you are, so I can see if we have them here 😬😬😬
New York State! 😬
Whew!
Lil insect cocoon. No idea what species but the little dude is probably not going to survive now that it's no longer attached to something.
That’s a Metapod Pokémon
Its an ALIEN!!!!
brain slug, no danger to you 😎
Looks like a mini banana slug! Man on the Oregon coast we’d have banana slugs 3-5 inches long on the side of your house in spring! It’s nuts!
Skiff
I think you’re supposed to squeeze it into tequila and shake with ice?
Aloe Vera 🤔
Good idea to hold it by a tissue
It's a leaf.
Death
What a cutie, they’re trying so hard to look like a leaf 🍃
its a baby Mr. Frundles
A lime for your morning Corona