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Bagwormmoth

Psychidae

Photo by Sckel
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Spotting Video

Field Notes

Habitat:

Syzygium tree.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)

thanks, martinl. I'll check.
Thanks for your comment, sintija.valucka. The silk thread that appears in the video was produced by the time I was taking the pictures. I moved the leaf up down several times to find a good angle for pictures, then the larva feel insecure and launch the silk to it be fixed on the leaf. The house is of about 1 cm, seems a tiny dead flower. You may not know that there is something living there, unless it moves. I still need to find an article about how these larvae can build their houses. I am fascinated by this little hat. :) Thanks, dear riekos. :)
This looks like a casemoth. family Psychidae http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/107106010
Wonderful spotting! :) And in the video it seems that it has attached its "house" to the leaf with the help of a silk thread?!
Very interesting and very nice series!

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