bagworm

The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1350 species described.

To hear an entomologist talk about a bagworm is almost to love one.

The females do not have wings, as is usual for bagworm moths.

Check trees and shrubs for bagworm cocoons, which should be removed.

The bagworm has a voracious appetite and is considered a serious pest.

Attempts to use such a virus for bagworm control during the 1950s gave results too inconsistent to be satisfactory at the time.

A bagworm begins to build its case as soon as it hatches.

Each bagworm generation lives just long enough as adults to mate and reproduce in their annual cycle.

Some bagworm species are parthenogenetic, meaning their eggs develop without male fertilization.

Deborrea seyrigi is a species of bagworm native to Madagascar.

Cryptothelea gloverii is a species of bagworm that favors orange trees.

The snailcase bagworm begins constructing its case at birth and remains inside for the rest of its life.

The evergreen bagworm's case grows to a length of over 6 cm, tapered and open on both ends.

Eumasia is a small genus of the bagworm moth family, Psychidae.

When satiated with leaves, a bagworm caterpillar secures its case and pupates.

The wattle bagworm has many natural enemies.

An adequately nourished female will parasitise the bagworm with several stings, perhaps dozens.

Natural control of the bagworm is variable, but good enough that the use of the most dangerous insecticides has effectively been discontinued.

It belongs to the bagworm moth family (Psychidae).

The grass bagworm emerges from its pupa stage earlier in the season than its tree dwelling cousins.

Unlike other bagworms, the grass bagworm inflicts no serious damage to its host grass.

Sapheneutis camerata is a bagworm species in the genus Sapheneutis.

Caddisfly cases resemble bagworm cases, which are constructed by various terrestrial moth species.

Eumeta is a genus of bagworm moths.

Psyche casta is a nocturnal moth from the family Psychidae, the bagworm moths.