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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Tineoidea » Bagworm Moths (Psychidae) » Oiketicinae » Thyridopteryx » Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Hodges#457 (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)
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Nest/Cocoon - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Copyright © 2009 Annette Daniel

Nest/Cocoon - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Azle, Parker County, Texas, USA
July 24, 2009
Size: 1-1/2" length
I am interested in knowing what this is?
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Contributed by Annette Daniel on 24 July, 2009 - 8:59pm
Last updated 26 August, 2009 - 10:59pm

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… Charley Eiseman, 26 August, 2009 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

bagworm
its a bagworm a moth caterpiller spends its whole life in it building it bigger as it grows, and if it is a female she probably will be flightless, will mate right there and lay her eggs there too..who will hatch and become baby bagworms. there are many kinds of them, you might like to just watch it every day. i dont know what kind or if the experts can even tell.
… shotguneddie, 24 July, 2009 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Bag Worm
Will anything attack this? I have 80 pecan trees on my property if that helps identify what type might be nesting there? Excuse my terminology. I am new at this! I am an amateaur photographer who has turned bug lover this summer. I have photographed incredible Robber Flies, Wheel Bug, Wasps, Birds that literally play with me. I feel like Alice in Wonderland. =) Am going to post my Robber Fly photo that looks like he posed for me!
… Annette Daniel, 24 July, 2009 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Seems like it must be
Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis. They can be twice the size you gave (up to 6 cm). This and most other bagworms are generalists, so host plant doesn't usually help.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 July, 2009 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

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