A super creepy creepy crawly

I don't like bugs. I won't pick up a worm or let a fuzzy caterpillar crawl on my finger. I'm the one that kills spiders in our house but I shudder every tim. I don't like bugs. My kids, despite being boys, aren't huge fans either. And their dad, well, he's not too bad (unless it's a spider -- he won't go anywhere near one of those). But, apparently fuzzy, creepy, gross is A-OK. The other night while he was grilling he yelled through the window for me to grab my camera and come look at a bug. Really? You want me to take a picture of a bug? Yeah, no thanks. But, I grabbed it anyway and headed outside. This is what I found.


What the heck is it??? I have no clue. But, it looks like it has fuzzy teeth on its back and a pair of lips similar to the Rolling Stones logo minus the big tongue (please tell me you know the one). I just couldn't get over how creepy this bug looked. And my photography did it no justice. For the first time in my life I really wanted a macro lens.



Unfortunately my Google skills have failed me and I still have no clue what it is or what it might turn into (it appears to have cocooned on the underside of one of the slide steps). I'm guessing I won't be around to see it come out, but man I wish I was. They say the uglier the caterpillar the more beautiful the butterfly. If that's the case, this thing should be absolutely freaking amazing.