A Beautifully Disconcerting Monkey Slug Caterpillar Disguising Itself As a Tarantula Spider
While filming in the Amazon Rainforest of Puyo, Ecuador, talented nature photographer David Weiller (previously) captured beautifully disconcerting footage of a monkey slug caterpillar. This particular larva of the hag moth is rather distinctive, disguising itself to look more like a scary combination of a tarantula and a slug rather than the gentle being that it normally is.
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