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Bag Worm Moth Caterpillar -- Architects of little log houses

Bag Worm Moth Caterpillar A strange little creature who builds a little portable log cabin house which it will hang from a leaf or branch to live in while it completes it’s metamorphosis into an adult Moth. As soon as the Bag Worm Moth Caterpillar hatches from eggs it starts weaving a sticky silk cocoon around itself which it will drag around while it collects little twigs of various lengths, dirt and dead plant material to decorate the cocoon making it nearly invisible amongst the leaf and plant matter where it lives. The cocoon will protect the caterpillar and provide a place safe from predators. Depending on what debris is available when they are forming the cocoon, the resulting shelter might look like a bunch of twigs, or even a tiny Lincoln Log house. The Larva do an amazing job assembling their house in meticulous patterns each unique in it’s design using local building materials, this one was about 1.5 inches long. The little larva will periodically leave the little house to feed and to collect new materials until they are ready for their next phase in life. Females will lay eggs inside the cocoon and once fertilized they will die inside as the eggs develop while male Bag worms will emerges as a freely flying moth that is hairy and charcoal black. I must say these little architects guys do an incredible job building the shelter and camouflaging themselves making them incredibly hard to find. Common name: bagworm, Scientific name:Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Psychidae) There are 1,300 different species found worldwide and are considered pests as they can consume important crops Photos by: Bill Klipp Check out our online Photo Website at: http://www.WildlifePhotos.me ©All Contents All Rights Reserved Bill Klipp 2020