Mystery Caterpillar...

I am wondering what this is, can anyone identify this caterpillar(?) for me please? (I almost thought it was a leach at first, [which we do have] until I touched it [gently] it was not wet, and it was 'very soft')
This is in Texas, and this is in my backyard pond, in filtered light, and this critter is lying on cypress tree "knees", it was there for a few days, that is, until I took the picture, he left the next day. This is not a great picture, I just saw this and quickly got a couple of shots to document it, and not very good at that. heheh

Thanks ahead of time.

Randy

wow, looks prehistoric

Nice shot, can't help on the ID unfortunatly.

It does look kind of prehistoric... or at least, it looks reptilian.

Thanks Rick and Lester.

Randy

Nice capture....cool cat.

Thanks Kurt, I'm sure you've seen stranger than this though!

Randy

It looks like an underwing moth larva.

I believe that you are 100% correct Sir!

Thank you for taking the time to look at this and let me know.

Randy

Interesting capture
Brian v.

Great work.

Thanks Brian and Bas!

Randy