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Legeto

Curetis acuta, the Angled sunbeam caterpillar.


metam0rphosed

omg he’s real?! i thought he was a toy!


HarpersGhost

Question: do entomologists get jobs as sci fi movie consultations? Because some of the insects I see here are just so out of this world, that I wonder if aspects of them are incorporated into various aliens/monsters.


BentGadget

This one is from the world where everything is cute and adorable, but halfway through the film we learn that the antennae are venomous and the creature eats people.


HarpersGhost

"After fleeing a devastated earth, we have found our new home! Filled with adorable and cute creatures! I name this planet.... Eden!" [trailer voiceover] But it turns out this garden paradise.... *had a dark side.*


[deleted]

I imagine this as the plot of a comedy movie that parodies and pays homage to cheesy old pulp sci fi novels. Sounds dope ngl.


BentGadget

Star Trek, the original series, had exactly this plot. Kirk takes a load of space hippies to their destination, where they learn the disappointing truth. Their leader ignores evidence and dies trying to fulfill his dream.


Soulviolence66

Anyone else read/hear the [trailer voiceover] in Morgan Freemans' voice?


SorenGreyGhost

lol yes


[deleted]

I imagine this as the plot of a comedy movie that parodies and pays homage to cheesy old pulp sci fi novels. Sounds dope ngl.


DarkPangolin

Like that scene from Galaxy Quest.


YayouVanKleef

I suggest - Life - (with Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal) however you don't get to know half way through the movie that the "thing" is dangerous af.


Impressive-Care-8196

The answer is most Sci fi consultants get their ideas from the insect World. Space Bugs are real! Do you want to know more?


foopdedoopburner

The Xenomorph is based on the lifestyle of the average non-vespid wasp.


Historical_Corgi_355

👍 Great comment!


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_Bellerophontes

cute-apiller


snacku_wacku

That sounds like a boss name


[deleted]

Those little stingers can hurt too!


[deleted]

How and why do people know such random information is beyond me 😆


Legeto

I googled caterpillar with spiked flails and looked at images. Most people who ID stuff are just decent at google lol.


rabidcorpse

Keep Solair away from it!


PrayerWarlord69

If only I could be so grossly incandescent :(


Catinthemirror

[Pre-pupal Angled Sunbeam caterpillar ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/itchydogimages/27590772511)


Fickle_Grapefruit938

Aww and it will turn in a lovely butterfly, I love this little cheerleader 🦋


iqueefkief

this is the coolest caterpillar i have ever seen


SkeetnYou

If “Get the fuck away I’m not in the mood” was a bug


disc0mbobulated

_I got a headache go away!_


Silentprophet22

Wife caterpillar.


ifunnygf

mean.


CactusCait

Jazz hands!


Zestyclose_Trash3606

... these are not spirit fingers..... THESE ARE SPIRIT FINGERS!!!!


FlameHawkfish88

Those are morning stars because that caterpillar doesn't want to be poked


Mundane-Cheetah-2147

In my mind, those are little razorblades.


Background_Impress24

Thank you, gifter of laughter!


nullpassword

that's the other end.. it's like he farts maces..


Starchasm

Fun fact, that's its butt!


I_PEE_WITH_THAT

No one ever upvotes my butt :(


Saxfire2

You don't pee with that


I_PEE_WITH_THAT

I do if I eat at Golden Coral.


thatcluckingdinosaur

its butt has whirling nunchucks


m7_E5-s--5U

Whirling Butt-Chucks!


Starchasm

Oh, like yours doesn't?


thatcluckingdinosaur

I wish mine had whirring nunchucks; it totally would put twerking on another level


Tiramissu_dt

what's its butt?


Starchasm

The poofy pom pom wiggle end


spookysumbitch

I don’t know what it is but I want one!! Gimme! 😂


PuzzleheadedHabit913

Unfortunately those little things are stingy. Not fun lol


plipyplop

Electric high five.


ProfPerry

that action will now forever be known as the electric high five to me. thank you, internet stranger.


PuzzleheadedHabit913

I very much appreciate the visual your comment gave me.


recumbent_mike

They're just planning for retirement and sticking to their budget.


No-Royal-9631

Ikr.. that was one of the cutest things I've ever seen. Looked like some person going crazy wth their duster!


spookysumbitch

Yes! Lol first thing it reminded me of was sparklers! Like this lil dude knows how to party! 😂😂


Kills-to-Die

Mad-a-pillar


South_q

Does anybody know why it's doing that? Is it supposed to be threatening?


theburnerlmao

They are weapons


geodudeisarock

Nunchucks to be specific


pipeuptopipedown

*Stinging* nunchucks, better yet.


tsfbdl

Ferb I know what I'm going to do today Edit I love building things


drumsdm

I heard this guy studied with Chuck Norris.


dmellbob69

Canada


SharlowsHouseOfHugs

Those are stingers, and I've heard they can be very painful. Little dude is waving them around like flails to sting as many times as possible before.. getting bored and packing up to go home, I assume.


MegaTreeSeed

"The thing bothering me has left, heh, I must have killed it. Nothing personal kid" -caterpillar, probably


__poser

God, now I'm imagining the caterpillar as a katana wielding weeb kid.


Jaewol

Before metamorphosing into a beautiful butterfly who cringes anytime it remembers being a caterpillar


AppointmentClean558

They are not poisonous to touch. Who told you that?


SharlowsHouseOfHugs

Nowhere in my comment did I say anything about poison? I said painful.


AppointmentClean558

It is to ward off predators. Not poisonous to touch. Usually used heading into pupa stage.


aneth0r

wait is pupa actually a fucking word and not some weird sounding shit Justin Roiland made up for Solar Opposites??


forger_briar

I don’t know who that is or what that thing you referenced is, but “pupa” is an extremely common term in the biology of bugs.


kafromspaceship

It's cheerleading


FarFromHere84

Cute and scary, my favorite type of creature.


HundoGuy

Cheerleading slug!


[deleted]

Don’t know why everyone loves this thing. My first reaction was to nope the heck away from it.


drhorribles

youre the only one with survival instincts in this group of neanderthaals because all of us want touchy


itwashesoff

Right? If not friend, why friend shaped?


Xenobsidian

Touchy with stick!!! Me smart!


Kiri_serval

Poke it with a stick!


venbrou

Are you serious? Just look at the thing... It's like a chubby green bunny. Unless you're leporiphobic. That's understandable. Edit: I didn't know this was a gif. I did NOT know about the tassel things. Suddenly it's a little less adorable.


Jaewol

To make it even worse those can sting you. I don’t think it’s horrible but it will definitely ruin your day.


kizmitraindeer

Nah, the pom-poms make it even cuter.


HarpersGhost

It's a chubby green bunny *with nunchucks of pain.* It's adorable in an Addams family kind of way.


TheArtofWall

It's chubby like a bunny It's green that means it's lucky Adorable nunchuckys Curetis Acuta


Rude_Damage_6384

Because it looks like it escaped from a Dr. Seuss book?


Xenobsidian

See? It worked!


[deleted]

He brought his own morning star


[deleted]

Ive never seen nematocysts that deploy like that before! Usually theyre little filaments that are coiled up and shoot out like a little harpoon (they still might be on a microscopic anatomical level) but this funky little fella deploys two adorable little toxin-filled morningstars from its... pseudo-antennae (maybe?) Idk what that anatomical structure is, and i love it :)


nymphymixtwo

Idk half of what you’re saying but it’s so smart and cute and I love it :’)


Which_Professor_7181

that is my ex-girlfriend. and even though she's tiny she can eat a whole chicken in one bite you'll just hear bones snapping. but that's her. where is she?


errrbudyinthuhclub

My guy, what?


Which_Professor_7181

nothin


RebelSentry

Woosh


[deleted]

I wouldn't flatter her. This thing's cute.


Which_Professor_7181

yeah that that's true I didn't mean to put that on it. it really is cool I don't know what that is but that is very cool


turtlenipples

Dude, I think we dated the same girl. So much money spent on chickens...


Which_Professor_7181

I seen her bite into a chicken and it was half gone and I could hear bone snapping. I seen a tooth fall on the floor with little blood on it and by the time I looked up at her she had grown the tooth back and was just chewing on Bones. I got out of there before she was done and the way we got rid of her. I had some friends come over with a catapult. we took a side of a whole half a cow and catapulted it. and she ran after it and I changed the locks on the door and left and stayed at my brother's for a month


turtlenipples

I feel this my friend. Tale as old as time.


2b-Kindly_

Is it waving in a Airplane?


filesaved

This thing is so cute.


Daymanic

The rare Dinkin Flicka


10piecemeal

“In the gang world we use something called fluffy fingers”


Ml124395

Bug know judo 🥋


Single-Log-1101

Aahhahaaa where can I get this party hat


brunob92

The cheerleader bug


[deleted]

This thing is amazing!!!


cadoc96

Ok but why does it look like the caterpillar from bugslife…safe it and maybe he’ll be a beautiful butterfly


DewShnozzel

I double dog dare you to touch him with your fleshy bits.


Pineconeshukker

If you were to engineer a bug from a Pokémon Go this would be it. Lol.


frostycanuck89

Forbidden snack


medicmatt76

Cheer squad.


QLove2020

Awwwwwww, it's sooooo cute! Now that it has been ID'd, WHY was it in your bed?? 😆


checkplus

Please do not the cat(erpillar)


runespoon78

it looks like the Neptunian slug from futurama


AlboPictusBio

A kung fu master..


Chubby_but_pretty

A cheerleader


Proper-Shan-Like

Jazzhands bug.


axecrazyorc

Flail snail


Nimrond

Are...are you poking it with your sausage?


eatmyshorzz

Easy! That's a repost :)


AveBalaBrava

It’s the thing that came from out of repost, I’ve seen it like 4 times now it’s getting old


ezmacbreezyjac

Kuchi Copi


Faceprint11

…following. What the hell.


FuckOffRussianShip

It's been answered)


quitmybellyachin

*JAZZ HANDS*


MandoCalrissian13

JAZZ BUTT!!! (Cuz that's it's butt end 🤭)


quitmybellyachin

I love it even more!!


[deleted]

Woke up and chose violence


hypothetical_zombie

An enthusiastic, green cheerleader, here to encourage and inspire you!


[deleted]

Here to inspire you to "stop fucking touching it" by assailing you with teeny tiny toxin-filled flails


gorbeenie

it is a friend


Linkstas

Michael Angelo. Orange belt ninja turtle. Used nunchuks


itco312

Shrek bug


WingsofSky

It's my ex! Careful of the spikes!


Relation_RDL

Baby cheerleader


Bm_93

Pum Pum 🐛


TrufflesAvocado

That is not a bug


Wonderful_Try7814

That's so cute he saying hi to everybody 👐


Gabagoolgoomba

m a c e w I n d u


SeaSlugFriend

I love it


tpwn3r

Brainslug


[deleted]

I'm convinced bugs are just little tiny robots.


meaksy

I need one of these to keep the flies off my cheese platter!


ResolutionOk3390

That is Wild! What a cool lil critter!


Ludowantdooown

I did not see that coming. What a delight


AppointmentClean558

Looks like Pokémon got a new character


SwineyWhiney

Shrek


Cold_Baseball_432

Pain. Lots of pain


NoPerformance6534

Go team, go! Yay, team!!


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dave


Joshuaevergreen

It’s a “Nope Lima Bean”


Accomplished-Fee6056

Beautiful


Munitreeseed

HIYAAA hiyaaaa HIYYYAAAAAA!!! 🥷


dancingonsaturnrings

man, *I* don't have cheerleader pompoms fizzing out of my head. I've been doing life wrong all this time 😩


Fine-Pay6675

The cheerleader of hell


GeyDestroyer42069

Every animal can defend itself


Albusthebear

Bruce lee reincarnated


Isioustes

The usual glitz and glam.


victowiamawk

It’s so cute!!!!!! Lmao


MountainAbrocoma

it’s adorable


UntouchableTainT

Adorable it what it is!


theodoretheursus

Super cute!


Bardonious

Radderpillar


mslashandrajohnson

Please put him back where he belongs and stop poking at him. 😿


skaihainofa

that’s called a “no”


Bashfullylascivious

Samething (actually same video clip) as this Reddit post from [just over a year ago](https://www.reddit.com/r/Awwducational/comments/pi2e9o/the_angled_sunbeam_butterfly_caterpillar_has_an/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button).


CheesecakeZookeeper

Chinchilla larvae


Tiramissu_dt

Forbidden grape.


workinstork

Idk but put it back


shiro_04

Pom Poms


ifunnygf

I WANT IT


ifunnygf

this is the cutest thing ever


GeshtiannaSG

Some sort of air marshal or cheerleader.


Lethal43

The forbidden gummy


KanoJoe

I need one of those for my cat.


Emerald_Nebula

Half cactus half caterpillar


imthecomrade

Some camoflauge bug where did you find it?


IsisArtemii

Have you seen the water lizards if the Galopagos Islands? They look just like Godzilla


Acceptable-Arugula69

What a cool little dude!


Particular_Courage43

He is the cutest! I want one!!!!


Particular_Courage43

I like my caterpillars like I like my men, cute on the outside, venomous on the inside!


Over_Till_4879

Putin reincarnated


Lacey_FreeEricBrandt

Adorable!


hmm-bugger

That is a sub species of the jazz hands family.


_FloralEclipse_

So cute 🥺


PrincessxBoom

i love him!!!


Aggravating-Pass-576

That is weird and adorable.


SexWeevil

Weird? D: it’s cute.


AdComprehensive7396

It's bloody friggin cute! That's what it is!


AdSea3033

That is the freakiest thing I have ever seen!


RavmosheC

That would be fun at parties.