Whatzit?

[robert.]

A crawfish regenerating his front claw and leg

[webenda]

That is what I think it looks like but no, not a crawfish.

Whatzitclue3

[robert.]

something that lives in a frozen climate?

[webenda]

Well, it is found in Southern Canada, so yes.
It is also found in Northern Mexico, so no.
I found it in Kentucky. Here is a map of where else it can be found.

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Next clue, full side view.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks like some relative of an earwig, but probably not.

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The correct answer is, cricket.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

mole cricket is a little more specific than "cricket" --- funky!

[HONDO74]

What is it......

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Megalopyge opercularis
News media call it a, "southern flannel moth caterpillar."
The moth is very beautiful, and safe to handle, unlike the "having a bad hair day" caterpillar.

[HONDO74]

There are many types of venomous caterpillars, or often called “stinging caterpillars.” The southern flannel moth caterpillar is one type of stinging caterpillar that can be found in the Ozarks.

One Midwest man said his encounter cost him a trip to the emergency room.

Missouri nature lovers spot venomous caterpillar, one man shares his warning
https://www.ky3.com/2021/10/23/missouri ... s-warning/

“I went to move a lawn chair into the shade on an open patio,” said Keith Schoonover. “When I grabbed the lawn chair, it was on it, and I did not even know it was on my hand. I only had a hold of it for maybe five seconds and when I let go of the chair, approximately thirty seconds later, I started to feel in the palm of my hand like I had been stung by a bee.”

Schoonover said he then noticed it on the ground. He said he had not seen that type of caterpillar before. After just a few moments, Schoonover said that “stinging” sensation quickly went from irritating to excruciating.

”It went directly to the bone, which really surprised me,” he said. “It literally felt like my hand was broken.”

Schoonover said the pain only got worse. He then went to an emergency room.

”It started in the hand, it went up the forearm, all the way into my armpit and then into my chest on the left side,” he said. “So that had me a little concerned being that close to my heart.”

Doctors at the hospital gave him a few shots, steroids, and antibiotics. Schoonover said the pain lasted for at least 12 hours, but it eventually went away.

The MDC says stinging caterpillars are not equipped with a stinger like a bee or a wasp. Instead, their hairs or bristles cause the “stinging” sensation.

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More about the Caterpillar and the Moth.

A moth or butterfly is not just a caterpillar in a butterfly or moth costume.
During metamorphous the caterpillar liquifies itself.
The caterpillar soup molecules arrange themselves into a butterfly or moth.

Reference: https://askdruniverse.wsu.edu/2015/04/0 ... llar-soup/

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Whatzit?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Looks like some form of geode, but I'd like to see a view rotated 90 degrees...

[webenda]

Looks like some form of geode, but I'd like to see a view rotated 90 degrees...

Like this? There are four in this photo, three in focus.