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what is this crazy cocoon??
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Posted by noteom (My Page) on Mon, Sep 22, 08 at 23:37
| http://i35.tinypic.com/etdt1e.jpg
there's a pic of it hanging about head level ^^
there's a rosemary plant on the porch, maybe 6 feet away, and those spikey things are apparently little twigs from it w/the spikey leaves.
what would make this?? |
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RE: what is this crazy cocoon??
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| I can't bring the image up, but judging by your description I'm going to guess that you've found the mobile home of a bagworm. Not a cocoon, at all, though the caterpillars will lay her eggs in them before so that they can overwinter safely. |
RE: what is this crazy cocoon??
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Here is a link. I don't think it's a bagworm larva, as I can see what looks like a silk pad. Do the bagworms have the same kind of enclosure for their chrysalises?
-Jmcat |
RE: what is this crazy cocoon??
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| It's a bagworm. If you see a lot of them, and I mean A LOT, you might consider hand picking some to reduce the overall population. They can be very destructive to some plants. |
RE: what is this crazy cocoon??
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| Jmcat, the 'bag' of this insect is made of silk, and very strong stuff, too! Try tearing one apart and you'll see what I mean. Male bagworms use those bags to pupate in, emerging as sorry looking raggedy moths. The females never turn into much of anything, don't even look like a caterpillar! After mating, the females will lay her eggs and eventually drop to the ground to die. |
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