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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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Unique Crysalis from TN - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Copyright © 2011 Taylor

Unique Crysalis from TN - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis
Harrogate, Claiborne County, Tennessee, USA
August 3, 2011
Not sure whether it is a silkworm, moth caterpillar, or a butterfly caterpillar but I found it climbing up the side of this bridge dragging it's cocoon (chrysalis?) along with it. I've never seen one like it and need it identified.
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Contributed by Taylor on 8 August, 2011 - 10:21am
Last updated 28 August, 2011 - 7:39pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 August, 2011 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Larva of a bagworm moth (Psychidae)
Probably the evergreen bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis. A chrysalis is a pupa, the stage of development between caterpillar and butterfly, so it is impossible for a caterpillar to be dragging its chrysalis. This portable case will become the cocoon when the caterpillar pupates, and if it is a female it will function as an egg case as well.

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… Charley Eiseman, 8 August, 2011 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Ok! I know little on the differences between cocoon and chrysalis but what you said does make sense. And it makes for a very interesting find, I think! lol
… Taylor, 10 August, 2011 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

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