Monkey Slug

Subject: What is this bug?
Location: Ashboro, North Carolina
July 12, 2017 7:25 am
We saw this bug on July 11th at the North Carolina Zoological Park in Ashboro, North Carolina. My 22 year old daughter took a video and showed it to an employee who said she had never seen anything like it and that it moved like a caterpillar
Signature: LeeAnne

Monkey Slug

Dear LeeAnne,
Though it does not look like other caterpillars, this Monkey Slug really is a caterpillar.  Handle with caution though, the Monkey Slug is capable of stinging.

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