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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Bagworm Moths (Psychidae) » Unidentified Bagworm Eggs, Larvae, Cases & Pupae
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Unidentified leaf cocoon
Copyright © 2009 Amanda

Unidentified leaf cocoon
Wylie, Collin County, Texas, USA
March 9, 2009
Size: 2 inches
I found this cocoon in my Live Oak tree yesterday. It seems to be made out of the oak leaves. I'm wondering what kind of insect made it.
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Contributed by Amanda on 10 March, 2009 - 3:33pm
Last updated 7 July, 2021 - 2:51am

Moved
Moved from Bagworm Moths.
… Bob Biagi, 7 July, 2021 - 2:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bagworm Moths.
… A. Hendrickson, 8 August, 2020 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

Evergreen Bagworm?
Probably Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, which we call the "Evergreen" bagworm but it also lives on deciduous trees and makes different cases based on the leaves it finds. Here is what it looks like on oak:

… John F. Carr, 10 March, 2009 - 5:42pm login or register to post comments

Please look through...
...these images of bagworms
http://bugguide.net/node/view/122/bgimage

You can read about them on the Info page.

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