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. :)
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thanks, martinl. I'll check.
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. :)
This looks like a casemoth. family Psychidae
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/107...
Wonderful spotting! :)
And in the video it seems that it has attached its "house" to the leaf with the help of a silk thread?!
Very interesting and very nice series!