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Hyalarcta huebneri
This larva, with a mottled head and thoracic segments was encased in a silken bag (about 18 mm long) covered with small pieces of bark, leaves and sticks. Pic 1 shows thoracic legs.
Seen crawling along a garden wall.
The larva had its head out as it was creeping up the wall and when I touched it with a dry leaf it waved its head about, extending more of its body out of the case. When it had had enough of my (gentle) prodding, it pulled its body into the case, ending up looking like Pic 4.
It is said to feed on a variety of plant species.
family: Psychidae
Spotted on Oct 15, 2015
Submitted on Oct 16, 2015
3 Comments
Thanks Leanne, and so much of him too....
Great series Leuba! Lovely to see him out of his case.
Great to see the larva out!