Bagworm Cocoon
November 25th, 2011 - 9:06 AM | Filed under Featured Photos | 1 Comment
9cm tall | July 6, 2011 | Victorio Siqueroli Park, Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
This is the largest bagworm I’ve ever seen. The twigs look like they’ve been cut up by a beaver. It was empty, so a moth must have already emerged. I know it’s a bagworm because later in the trip I found another one that still had a caterpillar in it. Unfortunately, I didn’t have my camera with me.
Closeup of cocoon construction
With my hand, for scale
Subjects: Butterflies and Moths, Insects, and Moths.
Places: Brazil, Minas Gerais, South America, Uberlandia, and Victorio Siquieroli Park.
Taxa: Class Insecta, Family Psychidae, and Order Lepidoptera.
Colors: Brown and Tan.
Sign: Cocoon.
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Inspiring photos – all of them. Thanks for sharing! I have an ongoing fascination with cocoons, insects and nests.