glow-bug

I have no idea, what this bug might be about - a strange caterpillar perhaps?

any suggestions to identify this bug would be greatly appreciated:

a BIG thank you to Saskia, who identified this caterpillar - it's a Orgyia leucostigma or White-marked tussock caterpillar

From Bugs

From Bugs

and that's how the mature moth looks like, image found here: