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psychidae
Is this a Chrysalis? It looks like some type of caterpillar inside leaves. It is awesome. Can you help? Mystery solved: It is a bagworm moth caterpillar that constructed its case out of leaves.
Meadow on our property (Poconos)
Spotted on Oct 17, 2011
Submitted on Nov 2, 2011
3 Comments
You are most welcome :-)
WOW! That was fast! Thanks so much S. Frazier. My bagworm chrysalis is beautifully constructed! Glad the mystery is solved.
Hi. It's a bagworm (Family Psychidae). Take a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagworm_mot...