'I thought it was a stuffed animal': Backyard caterpillar has people doing a double take

'I thought it was a stuffed animal': Backyard caterpillar has people doing a double take

A backyard bug photo from Wichita, Kansas, is drawing plenty of attention after Reddit users mistook the creature for everything from a plushie to a snake. It turns out the visitor was something even more remarkable: an Eastern tiger swallowtail caterpillar. What's happening? In a post on r/whatsthisbug, a user shared close-up photos with the caption: "Found in my backyard (Wichita, KS)." The images quickly picked up thousands of upvotes as view…