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Coleophora case on willow stem - Coleophora salicivorella
Copyright © 2016 Christopher Adam

Coleophora case on willow stem - Coleophora salicivorella
Fredericton, York County, New Brunswick, Canada
May 18, 2016
Size: 1cm
This casebearer moth larva was on a willow stem. Image 2 shows a hole just above the case that may be a feeding hole, i.e., a mine. Charley, any advice regarding rearing a cesebearer?

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Contributed by Christopher Adam on 19 May, 2016 - 1:27pm
Last updated 20 May, 2016 - 7:23am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

If it has attached itself to the stem and is done feeding, all you have to do it put it in a container and wait. If it is still feeding, I may have to rethink my ID. I have occasionally seen casebearers mine young, tender stems (of blackberry), but I think that hole is too small and narrow to have been made by this larva.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 May, 2016 - 7:23am login or register to post comments

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