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Larva casing - underside, Palmarium, Madagascar Not entirely sure what I found here. My eye happened to fall on this small irregularity on a tree trunk. It looks neatly constructed, yet organic. I figured it is perhaps an Owlfly larva. After flipping it around, it looks to be more like a larva case, with an actual larva peeking out. A bagworm maybe? Even for a bagworm it looks unusual to me. The structure seems too well organized to be constructed from scratch. I also don&#039;t know what the white underside consists of. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88716/larva_casing_palmarium_madagascar.html" title="Larva casing, Palmarium, Madagascar"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/88716_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=qK%2F%2FteIHBUC%2BbJPBVznNdEnLINc%3D" width="148" height="152" alt="Larva casing, Palmarium, Madagascar Not entirely sure what I found here. My eye happened to fall on this small irregularity on a tree trunk. It looks neatly constructed, yet organic. I figured it is perhaps an Owlfly larva. After flipping it around, it looks to be more like a larva case, with an actual larva peeking out. A bagworm maybe? Even for a bagworm it looks unusual to me. The structure seems too well organized to be constructed from scratch. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88715/larva_casing_-_underside_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88714/larva_casing_-_larva_closeup_palmarium_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88714/larva_casing_-_larva_closeup_palmarium_madagascar.html" title="Larva casing - larva closeup, Palmarium, Madagascar"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/88714_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=cBY7ED8xsZWfRVE5%2FhhPMvK9YJ8%3D" width="140" height="152" alt="Larva casing - larva closeup, Palmarium, Madagascar Not entirely sure what I found here. My eye happened to fall on this small irregularity on a tree trunk. It looks neatly constructed, yet organic. I figured it is perhaps an Owlfly larva. After flipping it around, it looks to be more like a larva case, with an actual larva peeking out. A bagworm maybe? Even for a bagworm it looks unusual to me. The structure seems too well organized to be constructed from scratch. I also don&#039;t know what the white underside consists of. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88716/larva_casing_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88715/larva_casing_-_underside_palmarium_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World" /></a></figure> Africa,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Larva casing - underside, Palmarium, Madagascar

Not entirely sure what I found here. My eye happened to fall on this small irregularity on a tree trunk. It looks neatly constructed, yet organic. I figured it is perhaps an Owlfly larva. After flipping it around, it looks to be more like a larva case, with an actual larva peeking out. A bagworm maybe? Even for a bagworm it looks unusual to me. The structure seems too well organized to be constructed from scratch. I also don't know what the white underside consists of.

Larva casing, Palmarium, Madagascar Not entirely sure what I found here. My eye happened to fall on this small irregularity on a tree trunk. It looks neatly constructed, yet organic. I figured it is perhaps an Owlfly larva. After flipping it around, it looks to be more like a larva case, with an actual larva peeking out. A bagworm maybe? Even for a bagworm it looks unusual to me. The structure seems too well organized to be constructed from scratch. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88715/larva_casing_-_underside_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88714/larva_casing_-_larva_closeup_palmarium_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World

Larva casing - larva closeup, Palmarium, Madagascar Not entirely sure what I found here. My eye happened to fall on this small irregularity on a tree trunk. It looks neatly constructed, yet organic. I figured it is perhaps an Owlfly larva. After flipping it around, it looks to be more like a larva case, with an actual larva peeking out. A bagworm maybe? Even for a bagworm it looks unusual to me. The structure seems too well organized to be constructed from scratch. I also don't know what the white underside consists of. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88716/larva_casing_palmarium_madagascar.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/88715/larva_casing_-_underside_palmarium_madagascar.html Africa,Geotagged,Madagascar,Madagascar 2019,Palmarium reserve,Winter,World

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Uploaded Jan 10, 2020. Captured Jul 22, 2019 12:09 in Vohibinany, Madagascar.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/13.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm
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