r/Whatisthis • u/Ok_Entertainment4207 • 5d ago

Found this bug/larva like thing on my towel Open

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u/RedditPhils 5d ago

Looks like a hairy caterpillar of some kind, I could be very wrong but I wouldn’t touch it directly just to be safe.

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u/Ok_Entertainment4207 5d ago

It started shaking now

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u/BOBfrkinSAGET 5d ago

Don’t let it choke on its tongue

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u/KevinTheSeaPickle 4d ago

Put a wooden spatula in its ass I heard

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u/Ok_Entertainment4207 5d ago

See my recent post for more clear pics

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u/Subliminal_Image 5d ago

That almost looks like a puss caterpillar. Don’t touch it at all to get it off. I don’t have direct experience with them but from what I hear it’s extricating.

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u/Ok_Entertainment4207 5d ago

I used a stick to remove it and bruh it was sticky as hell. It alse left some cotton like stuff on my towel

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u/AriaStarstone 5d ago

WASH IT make sure it's all off below you use it again!

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u/04221970 4d ago

puss caterpillar

Holy SHIT!

Victims describe the pain as similar to a broken bone or blunt-force trauma,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis#Dangers_and_treatment_of_stings

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u/Subliminal_Image 4d ago

Yup little buggers made to never want to meet one from what I’ve read on them.

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u/Sufficient_Pin5642 4d ago

Don’t touch it they can cause worlds of pain when they have all that fluff.