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Psychidae sp., Subfamily Taleporiinae
This case seems to have been used by a case moth larvae. It's one continuous spiral made out of pieces of dried grass stems of ever decreasing length and diameter Approximately 2.5cm (1 inch) long.
Dry sclerophyll bush land. This was attached to our poly water tank.
Spotted on Jan 27, 2012
Submitted on Jan 28, 2012
7 Comments
I would say Lepidoscia sp. but surely this spiral couldn't be .arctiella with the stepped construction ? ?
Lori I wonder if mine is the same. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/172...
Yours has pupated so we know it was a male and has 'left home' in search of females. Females remain in their case and remain wingless. I suspect your case is eggless.
Amazing !!
How did I miss this one. Excellent.
Fabulous construction! Wow!
Hi Cindy, it was about 2.5cm (1 inch). I'll add that info above.
Wow, it looks long. Very cool design!