Bagworm Moth

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Claire Hamilton

Lion

Info on the Wattle bagworm if that is what it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattle_bagworm Posted 11 years ago
1. WildFlower
  
  Lion
  
  The photos here don't look the same
  http://www.markoshea.info/research_fieldwork_namib07-7b.php
  
  This one looks similar, but it has only been identified to the family.
  http://www.ispot.org.za/node/237968
  
  Great find, I have never seen one of these. Do you know what tree this was? Posted 11 years ago
2. 1. Claire Hamilton
    
    Lion
    
    I see what you mean!That is the first photo I have seen of the wattle variety but I know there are many sub-species too. Very confusing!
    I have never seen one either, it was found by a colleague on the forest floor. The forest is made up of mostly pines and Black Wattle which led me to believe this could be the correct identification. I will have to keep searching! Quite amazing isn't it! Posted 11 years ago
  2. 1. Lilygirl
      
      Lion
      
      We don't have wattles here so mine is definitely a different species Posted 10 years ago
    2. 1. Lilygirl
        
        Lion
        
        I would assume that your species identification is correct since you have the wattles nearby...otherwise it would be an Australian bagworm (or tuckerbagworm..he hee). but the one you have is in fact indigenous to South Africa (and the Black Wattle). Great job! Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago

The Wattle bagworm

The Wattle bagworm (Kotochalia junodi, formerly Acanthopsyche junodi) is a species of moth in the family Psychidae. In Southern Africa it is a pest of the Black Wattle, Acacia mearnsii, which is grown largely as a source of vegetable tannin. Kotochalia junodi is indigenous to Southern Africa, where it originally fed on indigenous relatives of the wattle.

Like all members of the family Psychidae, the male larva develops into an adult in a mobile silken bag covered with materials such as.. more

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant