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Dahlica triquetrella
The case is approx. 4mm long. Grey and a brownish color. It has 3 sides and it is a triangular shape. I noticed a strand of silk attached to one end.
Attached to the house.
The first 3 pics. are one animal and the last 3 another. I never noticed the expired insect attached to the first one, until I downloaded the photos to my computer and enlarged them.
Spotted on Mar 29, 2013
Submitted on Mar 30, 2013
7 Comments
@ Jakubko. Thanks Jakubko. A little research. Reference link Insects Alberta,
says that this particular Bagworm moth hangs out where there are lichens.
They like to feed on lichen.
http://www.insectsofalberta.com/bagwormm...
Actually most, if not all moths in Psychidae, feed on plants and not clothes. To my knowledge, it is only the few species in Tinieidae which make it seems like all the other moths eat clothes, too. Your moth is most likely not harmful or a pest in any way to humans.
@ Gilma. OK Gilma, good to know. Thank you. I have a few in the house right now. (Won't be passing that info onto my sister. lol )
We have that type of bagworm. Make sure they do not go by your clothes, they make holes in sweaters and that kind of materials they do not touch cotton or linen.
Thank you Ava and Jakubko. Had to get attention some how. I don't want to kill them. Name is changed. Thanks again.
I agree with Ava, this does seem to be a bagworm pupa from the family Psychidae: http://bugguide.net/node/view/122/bgimag...
It's something like this: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/197...
Can you possibly change the "common name" field soon?