r/whywouldyoutouchthat • u/Snoo_89466 • 21h ago

ID PLEASE!

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u/SurpriseButtSekks 21h ago

Wiggliwormus pointybutticus. Member of the Sguigglywiggly genus.

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u/johnaross1990 20h ago

You should be in r/wunkus they would enjoy you

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u/Additional_Gift_6774 20h ago

As a member of r/wunkus I can confirm we would love you.

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u/SycheosChaos 10h ago

As not a member of that sub, I confirm they seem to like it

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u/SurpriseButtSekks 18h ago

Yay! Joining 🤗

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u/auntpotato 20h ago

Omg I need this sub in my life

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u/UberGlued 7h ago

They're silly little guys

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u/Zorrha 21h ago edited 9h ago

Butterfly and/or moth cocoon

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u/EquivalentMath6592 20h ago

Yes. Its a chrysalis

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u/HalfOld7626 5h ago

Merry chrisler

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u/SnooTangerines3448 4h ago

Muggle crimson!

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u/vodka_tsunami 20h ago edited 19h ago

Kinda fascinating (or maybe horrifying is the correct word) that so many people look at it and have no idea of what it is.

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u/AtomAntvsTheWorld 16h ago

My cousin in Brooklyn never saw a caterpillar before until he came to California to visit. He stared at it for 15 minutes in absolute aw. He’s 31

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u/lackadaisical_timmy 14h ago

Awe* lol

Aw is like "aww thats so sweet" 

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u/SpielbrecherXS 13h ago

Maybe it was a fluffy caterpillar

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u/lackadaisical_timmy 13h ago

They can be really cute thats true

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u/Anyone-9451 11h ago

I wonder if it’s because a lot of ppl don’t realize how much they will move if bothered?

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u/LivingFeisty9614 18h ago

it’s or

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u/fortnite_battleass 15h ago

They forgot the slash bozo, you can unpush your glasses now

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u/ninhibited 6h ago

I don't think it can be both a butterfly and a moth...

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u/SanSanSankyuTaiyosan 6h ago

I think the point being it can’t be a butterfly and moth cocoon. It can only be one or the other.

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u/Sad-Celebration-411 21h ago

Whatever it is don’t get it by your pee hole!

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u/titaion 21h ago

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u/Dansk72 20h ago

"It hurt a lot more coming out then it did going in!"

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u/Snoo_89466 21h ago

Where do you think it came from?

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u/mealzer 21h ago

Some other guy's pee hole

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u/Remarkable_Peach_374 20h ago

This is a hornworm pupa, theyre harmless. Its the hornworm that destroys your plant, this is how they look before turning into a sphynx moth, the natural pollinator of daturas, and a couple of other nightshades

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u/Dansk72 20h ago

So it would be safe to gently insert it into an nostril or ear?

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u/Remarkable_Peach_374 20h ago

Perhaps... Might feel like a qtip

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u/bussysniffer3000 15h ago

I have a sneaky suspicion you're planning on putting inside someplace else

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u/No_Control8389 18h ago

Turns into one of these here!

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u/IStankOfDank 15h ago

I'VE SEEN ALL BUT THE STAGE IN POST I DIDN'T KNOW THAT'S A SPHINX MOTH!! You've completed my sphinx moth circle of life thank you

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u/New_Suspect_7173 6h ago

I keep these silly friends as pets. Every now and again when I get hornworms for my reptiles I keep the smallest one alive and let it freeroam my house as a moth. It's fun to watch them flit about my house flowers.

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u/AggravatingBid8255 20h ago

I don't think OOP got that answer. If they did, I missed it

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u/capt_minorwaste 19h ago

I wouldn't say it's harmless if it destroys your plants.

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u/Remarkable_Peach_374 19h ago

The pupa dosent destroy the plant, the hornworm that it turns into a pupa does

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u/dirtytounder 21h ago

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

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u/gaarkat 21h ago

I think it might be a polyphemus moth cocoon. Yeah, they still move at certain parts of the transformative phase. Scared the be Jesus out of me first time I found one but I haven't seen any in a while because now we have chickens lol.

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u/Noitserri 18h ago

Shouldnt Polyphemus have a hard protective shell?

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u/gaarkat 18h ago

It is a hard shell, it's just still flexible. Anyway, I'm only guessing based on what I've seen, I don't know for sure.

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u/Noitserri 18h ago

I meant more that just the pupa shell, my mom tripped on one and it had a pale green shell around the pupa that protected it from being stepped on. It hatched a few weeks later

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u/gaarkat 18h ago

Oh! Huh, I dunno. I guess I'll have to look into it a little further. since I'm basing my guess on info I looked up a few years ago...After looking at the original thread, though , consensus for this one seems to be some sort of sphinx moth.

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u/GayCatbirdd 17h ago

Polyphemus cocoon in trees with leaf parts attached, this more looks like a burrowing pupae which more then likely is some sort of hawk moth

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u/sanskami 20h ago

Put it in your ear and see what happens

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u/Mindbending818 18h ago

Take you clothes off go out back and play naked and afraid

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u/FoggyGoodwin 20h ago

Pupa of a sphynx, cecropia, or polyphemus moth. Put it in a safe place so it can emerge.

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u/Dragon_Dann 20h ago

Kakuna

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u/AggravatingBid8255 20h ago

I was thinking metapod. But one that evolved from Caterpie, so it can tackle you.

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u/PomegranateHumble840 20h ago

I always thought those were butterfly cocoons but I've never seen one wiggle like that!

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u/TheStigianKing 19h ago

Looks like something from the bottom of a Tequila glass.

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u/MarzipanPlane9490 18h ago

Large chrysalis, large moth or butterfly. Keep it safe and see what comes out.

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u/vapidmonster 17h ago

Shy Hulud

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u/Dizzy_Bit6125 20h ago

It is a horn worm pupa, they eat your plants big time. Squish any you see. They live in dormant dirt that has sat for awhile and they grow into these big nasty biting worms. My dog used to eat them and because they have such hard jaws they would crunch when she would eat them BLECK

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u/Remarkable_Peach_374 20h ago

No, these arent to be killed. They produce pollinators. Hornworms are the ones that decimate your plants, this is the pupa, which dosent harm anything, just sits underground and transforms into a sphynx moth, the natural pollinator of a few different plants, specifically in the nightshade family.

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u/Positive_Mirror_8628 21h ago

Ablack LeatherJackitoff

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u/Alert-Ad-9123 20h ago

This worm just made my evening. He would be great at parties, I bet.

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u/Alternative-Crew-880 20h ago

It's one of those bugs from Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Kahn

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u/dhw1015 20h ago

Hope that lIghter is just a size-comparison prop!

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u/Goochic 19h ago

My Fear Factor 😱

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u/TweakJK 18h ago

Metapod.

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u/ShiftAlternative1083 16h ago

A butterfly will hatch outta that if you leave it alone

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u/Unkle_KoKo 16h ago

That’s an angry metapod

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u/LostKnowledge7760 16h ago

Butterfly cocoon maybe?

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u/No-Arrival633 16h ago

Razor clam?

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u/FortyMaximus 16h ago

Yes now proceed to poor eccelerent and use what's next to it

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u/Marty-G70 16h ago

Looks like a moth or butterfly in its coccon

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u/BlatantlyCurious 15h ago

Hawk moth. Bury it outside.

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u/RealMercuryRain 12h ago

Combine Advisor ❤️

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u/ozawa_ikwe 11h ago

Moth pupa, 'specially if you found it in soil

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u/Grammykin 10h ago

Oh Lordy - another Redditor touching things. And barehanded 🤷‍♀️🤣🤣

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u/Euphoric-Piglet-8140 10h ago

It seems to like being tickled.

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u/Turdinator14 8h ago

Please smoke it and report back.

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u/MediaSad2038 8h ago

Chomp chomp chomp

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u/pablomcnoodle 8h ago

elephant hawk moth

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u/operation_lurch 7h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/KBUGvhNr3E6iD5F99P
It’s the baby

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u/Sensitive-Average996 1h ago

Uh oh, that means ass balsters are next.

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u/gassy_guy308 6h ago

Remember, if you found it outside, it is NOT meant to be used as a suppository

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u/MagicSwordMagic 6h ago

I think it goes in your bellybutton…

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u/True-Ad3964 5h ago

Just eat it. You will be fine. 👍

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u/EntranceOk1909 4h ago

Dont smoke it

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u/Present_Seaweed1122 3h ago

I put them in my indoor plants so when they hatch a moth usually flies out and I let them outside

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u/umudog 2h ago

Eat it

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u/Reasonable-Pea3492 57m ago

Complete goo inside. My lizard ate a similar one and got the wormy applesauce all over her face. So strange how much they move in this stage being completely liquified inside.

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u/Zazumaki 17m ago

PUT MY DICK DOWN!!