#bagworm

[onenicebugperday]

Bagworm moth (Psychidae) larval and pupal cases

Photographed in Southeast Asia by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

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[dazzelmethat]

Bagworm Bookworm.

[mushroomyhouse]

Buggie 🐛🪲

by @hehymnhis

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[strawlessandbraless]

Bagworm Moth Caterpillar Appreciation Post 🐛 🪵

The bagworm moth caterpillar collects and saws sticks to create tiny intricate log cabins to live in

[bubblymaika]

Going through my backlog of AU art. Camellia and Aamon are spending time with uncle Leshy.

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[crevicedwelling]

hello! would you be able to help me identify this... thing? my mom is convinced this is the egg sac of some sort of bug but neither of us have any idea what kind it may be. is this even a bug thing? if so, what kind? thanks ♡

posting this one on my main since I need a reminder to get through all of the bug submissions on @crawlingkind + also I have some specimens to share!

that is a structure made by Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, a species of bagworm moth. I’m not sure if it’s occupied since empty bags can stick around for years but it could contain either a larva, a pupa, or an adult female. the caterpillars can eat a wide range of plants, and incorporate items from their environment into a sturdy, weatherproof silken bag, which they drag behind them wherever they go. once they are ready, they tie the bag to a perch and pupate. only the male emerges as a recognizeable moth, and flutters around in search of females.

a male and a small case, probably from another male.

the adult female is often described as remaining larviform, but she is even more wormlike than the caterpillars: she is a featureless tube of fat and egg-laying machinery, lacking functional eyes or antennae, and with no legs or wings to speak of. she will die in the bag, surrounded by her eggs, who will hatch the following season.

[bowelfly]

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