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Ribbed Bagworm

Hyalarcta nigrescens

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Field Notes

Description:

around 2-3cm

Habitat:

Forgot the species of tree. Mature Bloodwood (?) on a dry remnant coastal ridge forest

Reference Links:

Bagworm moth, Case Moths, Bag Moths - Family Psychidae

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
No image is good... maybe a trilby to go with it? http://thesuitsofjamesbond.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BrownTrilby.png
Mark Ridgway
Excellent. There's quite of few of these around here too. Harbingers of Spring I hope. Your new image looks dangerous :-)

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PublishedSeptember 17, 2013

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