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Metura elongatus
A longer collection of small twigs held together by threads of silk and encasing a silk bag with a grub inside, this is attached to a tree trunk by silk as well until the tenant decides to move itself and home (the case) by crawling part way from the bag entrance and slowly creeping along carrying its home. Slightly different from earlier spotting as there are several twigs that are longer and this characterises a different species.
Found throughout Australia in a variety of habitats, this one in dry woodland on native trees.
Spotted on Jan 5, 2014
Submitted on Jan 5, 2014
5 Comments
There's so much to the insect world - wonder how much we walk past and don't notice because we didn't look closely enough?
Perfectly disguised!
very fascinating one indeed.Entomology is a field ,the deeper you delve the more intriguing it gets,
Very nice, thanks Mark. Was toss-up with Faggot Case Moth as mentioned by a colleague.
Saunders