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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tubeworm, Bagworm, and Clothes Moths (Tineoidea) » Clothes Moths (Tineidae) » Tineinae » Household Casebearer Moths (Phereoeca) » Household Casebearer - Hodges#0390 (Phereoeca uterella)
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Sand covered structure with emerging arthropod. - Phereoeca uterella
Copyright © 2016 bgsdlb

Sand covered structure with emerging arthropod. - Phereoeca uterella
Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 18, 2016
Size: about 1cm
A neighbor found these sand covered structures hanging from the wall inside of the garage. After they were swept off of the wall, we could see some kind of arthropod emerging from them. If the structure was touched, the arthropod went back in. We would really like to know what they are as soon as possible. Thank you for any help that you can give us.

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Sand covered structure with emerging arthropod. - Phereoeca uterella Sand covered structure with emerging arthropod. - Phereoeca uterella Sand covered structure with emerging arthropod. - Phereoeca uterella
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Contributed by bgsdlb on 18 August, 2016 - 3:12pm
Last updated 5 September, 2016 - 7:15pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 5 September, 2016 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

Household casebearer?
Looks like a household casebearer to me, sometimes called a plaster bagworm. I always saw these things in my garage growing up as a kid in Florida. Here's a link to the University's of Florida's Featured Creature article regarding this insect.
… Natasha Wright, 18 August, 2016 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. That was very help
Thank you. That was very helpful.
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