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Blue Larvae in Bedroom May Be Labyrinth Moth Caterpillars

Several worm-like creatures have been found in this reader’s daughter’s room, and she asks if we happen to know what they are. The creatures in question appear to be blue in color, with segmented, legless bodies, and a white, flat face with two discolored orbs in the center.

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Blue Caterpillar with Black Spikes and a Red Spiky Head

A reader recently sent us a picture of a blue caterpillar with small black spikes on its back and large red spikes on its head. The blue, spiky caterpillar also appears to have two black eyes (even though these are actually not functional eyes, but eyespots, a defense mechanism some caterpillars use to scare away predators). The reader only sent the picture of the spiky, blue caterpillar and this deceptively simple question: “what is this?” Good question.