Wasps Do The Funniest Things

I was out having a cigarette in the back garden, when I noticed this caterpillar bopping along, I took a couple of photos because the markings on it looked slick, reminded me of some sort of reptile. At this point I'm starting to get concerned because I don't know what to pour my research efforts into. I haven't found anything that's either particularly interesting or realistic in terms of research. This all seemed so easy when I read the brief...

"Giant wasp built by soviets crash lands on moon."