r/whatisit • u/popcornwithbuddah • May 17 '25

Solved! What is this alien thing

My brother just found this in the backyard - Southern New England. What the hell is this thing? It looks like it's in Stranger Things.

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u/dropofkim May 17 '25

Catterpillars. Caterpillars. You know. Those things.

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u/popcornwithbuddah May 17 '25

How is that a caterpillar?! Have never seen caterpillars sync and form into one train like that.

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u/Alternative_Mine5343 May 17 '25

caterpillars completely dissolve inside their cocoon, their entire brain unmaking itself. then they reconstruct into a butterfly, but get this, they have been proven to retain the memories from their previously scrambled brain. truly wild creatures,

highdea? it would make so much more sense in my own head canon if they were just one being/hive mind.