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Bagworm

Psychidae

Photo by gatorfellows
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Field Notes

Description:

Psychidae construct cases out of silk and environmental materials such as sand, soil, lichen, or plant materials. These cases are attached to rocks, trees or fences while resting or during their pupa stage, but are otherwise mobile.

Habitat:

These were on Indian Hawthorn, Rhaphiolepis.

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Bagworm moth

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Comments (2)
Ava T-B
Please consider adding this spotting to the Animal Architecture mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8082378
ronfellows2020
Great movie of the bagworm eating the leaf while in full leaf camouflage!

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PublishedJune 19, 2012

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