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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) » Oiketicinae » Thyridopteryx » Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Hodges#0457 (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis)
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Bagworm - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis - male
Copyright © 2005 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Bagworm - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis - Male
Henryetta, okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
February 9, 2005
Size: aprox.40mm
I have never seen one like this but I assume that is the way they look after the moth has emerged.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 10 February, 2005 - 5:02pm
Last updated 6 September, 2016 - 7:56am

Just did some reading
This is probably the evergreen bagworm moth, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis.

Further, this would be the abandoned pupal case of a male. That's his pupal skin protruding, but he has no doubt gone in search of females. The females are wingless and never leave their case. He mates by inserting his abdomen and she lays her eggs inside her case.

I'm going to upload some photos of a male shortly. As moths go, they are not all that attractive.
… Troy Bartlett, 13 February, 2005 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

 
bagworm
Great!
Thanks Troy for the information.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 13 February, 2005 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Wow
Never heard of nor seen anything like it.
… Lynette Elliott, 11 February, 2005 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

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