Did you guess what the Mystery Creatures was? It was found by Peter Naskrecki on the deck of his house in Costa Rica. Answer below the photo:
This is an adult male moth, the “monkey slug” Phobetron hipparchia. The caterpillar is equally weird.
Here’s the creature!
October 4, 2019 • 11:00 am
I thought it might be roadkill. Very odd indeed. That god, what a sense of humor. erp!
The pictures behind the link show even more how it got that curious name.
Looks like it has been knitted or the like!