Well, that was a fun day.

@jarkman #alt4you pedantism alert, but for bug nerds, the depicted creature is a caterpillar.

The segments between its midlegs and hind legs bunches in an arch, its first third with forelegs and long hornlike antennae waving tentatively as if exploring. The robot appears of pale cloth or membrane over a roughly 40 foot wireframe with brightly colored lights inside; the mobile head end shifting candy-colors slowly and continuously while the arched back half remains blue, orange, and pink.

@cwicseolfor Good try, but Luma is not exactly any creature, though you are clearly free to imagine her as you wish.

Oh, and there's no wireframe.

@jarkman I wish to pet them. 🥺

What's their name 🥹

@John You'd be very welcome to pet Luma: https://www.airgiants.co.uk/luma.html
LUMA

Luma is a 9m long snail who loves an audience. We drew inspiration from the extraordinary range of flexing and contorting motion found in bio-mechanics to give Luma a beautiful movement. Her presence...

AIR GIANTS