10 Unusual Animals That Are Beautiful In Their Weirdness

The natural world is full of so many amazing creatures, isn't it? Some are beautiful, some are scary as hell, but a lot of them sit in that fuzzy gray area of being pretty cool or even just kind of pretty, but also being downright weird.

5. The bagworm moth caterpillar builds its very own "log cabin" to protect its chrysalis. The bagworm moth (Psychidae) of the family Lepidoptera might be a pest for Botanists, but for Lepidopterists they are one of the rare architects of the animal world. As soon as the caterpillar of the bagworm moth hatches, it weaves a silk cocoon around itself, inside which it will live until it grows into an adult moth. To make its life as a larva safe and protected from predators, the caterpillar reinforces its silk cocoon with pieces of twigs, leaves and other plant matter. Depending on what debris is on hand when they are forming the cocoon, the resulting shelter might look like a bunch of twigs, or in exceptional cases, a tiny log house. These strcutures are called cases, and bagworm moths are also known as "case moths".