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Oiketicus kirbyi
With cocoon in towed, it trying to go up any tree any plant it could, a day later he made it to the top of the house fence. It was as thick as my finger and 10 cm. long!
1,244 Meters above sea level. Lat. 10.03. Long. -84.29
Case Moth, Bag Moth, finally I found out what it was!!
Spotted on Dec 15, 2010
Submitted on Aug 31, 2012
7 Comments
Thank you for the information, martinl, I find it quite interesting!!
Your bagmoth caterpillar (larva) is not a cocoon (pupa) yet. When ready, she will close the bag and become dormant. There she will pupate for a month and then emerge as a wingless adult and stay in the bag. Quite boring really. Cocoon http://dev.hansenstree.com/images/bagwor... Adult male http://bugguide.net/node/view/468313/bgp...
Thank you Lori.tas, yes it was huge that is why an ID would be so cool!!
Wow, that's a big one.
Can anybody ID this. I would appreciate it!!
Thank you Maria dB, do you know what it was, I left and never find out what came out of it?!
This is a really interesting series!