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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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Caterpillar -- Pupa - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Copyright © 2010 RMH111

Caterpillar -- Pupa - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Sewanee, Franklin County, Tennessee, USA
August 18, 2010
Size: 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 in long
I watched this caterpillar slowly work its way to a cosmos bud, attach itself, and close the opening of the pupa. I do not know who it will become and would love to.

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Contributed by RMH111 on 20 August, 2010 - 6:29pm
Last updated 20 August, 2010 - 8:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
This is an evergreen bagworm larva. "Pupa" is the name for the inactive stage between larva and adult--what the larva is carrying is a portable case that will eventually function as a cocoon when it pupates.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 August, 2010 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank You So Much!
I love the idea of the larva carrying around his own personal protective case. Gives new meaning to "bag"worm. Thank you so much!
… RMH111, 20 August, 2010 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

Bagworm Moth
Family Psychidae...would like to know it's exact name though?
… SauriaMami, 20 August, 2010 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I was so hoping it was going to be a butterfly! Perhaps someone else will know?
… RMH111, 20 August, 2010 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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