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Bagwormmoth

Psychidae

Habitat:

Syzygium tree.

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5 Comments

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

thanks, martinl. I'll check.

Sckel
Sckel 10 years ago

Thanks for your comment, sintija.valucka. The silk thread that appears in the video was produced by the time I was taking the pictures. I moved the leaf up down several times to find a good angle for pictures, then the larva feel insecure and launch the silk to it be fixed on the leaf. The house is of about 1 cm, seems a tiny dead flower. You may not know that there is something living there, unless it moves. I still need to find an article about how these larvae can build their houses. I am fascinated by this little hat. :)

Thanks, dear riekos. :)

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

This looks like a casemoth. family Psychidae
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/107...

Sintija Valucka
Sintija Valucka 10 years ago

Wonderful spotting! :)
And in the video it seems that it has attached its "house" to the leaf with the help of a silk thread?!

RiekoS
RiekoS 10 years ago

Very interesting and very nice series!

Sckel
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Sckel

Cariacica, ES, Brazil

Spotted on Jan 22, 2014
Submitted on Jan 22, 2014

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