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Case-bearing Clothes Moth

Tinea pellionella

Photo by esutcliffe7
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Field Notes

Description:

This moth forms a case around it during its larva stage.

Notes:

I tried to select arthropod as a category but for some reason the site won't allow me to. So I had to select other. :(

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
ceherzog
I'm glad that helped you. I had something similar on a stone wall on my porch.
esutcliffe7
Thank you for the hint, you were right. After some digging I found the correct species.
ceherzog
It might be this: http://www.google.com/imgres?q=potter+insect+cocoon+on+wall&hl=en&biw=1920&bih=910&tbm=isch&tbnid=-0dTnGhfqeNoZM:&imgrefurl=http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2004/03/08/cocoon-bugs/&docid=kC-u7m2mI4Vx4M&imgurl=http://www.whatsthatbug.com/images/casebearer.jpg&w=216&h=221&ei=uqSoTqSTDqmPsQLOkrXpDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=1707&vpy=437&dur=3453&hovh=176&hovw=172&tx=120&ty=123&sig=115308009991202734321&page=1&tbnh=135&tbnw=132&start=0&ndsp=54&ved=1t:429,r:31,s:0
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PublishedOctober 26, 2011

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