Mobile homes of arthropods
A collection of images showing some examples of arthropods lugging a "case", "bag", "sack" or other home around.
Not including larvae carrying a loose cover of debris or other camouflage, nor snails of course (no arthropods).
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Pudding4brains created this list 5 years ago
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Tower Case Moth - Lepidoscia arctiella -
Tower Case Moth - Lepidoscia arctiella -
Tower casemoth (Lepidoscia arctiella) -
Saunders‘case moth - Metura elongatus -
Saunders‘case moth cocoon - Metura elongatus -
Faggot Case Moth - Clania lewinii -
Cocoon of stick case moth- Clania lewinii ( former - Clania tenuis) -
Common bag moth. -
Leaf Case Moth (Hyalarcta huebneri) -
Common casemoth - Hyalarcta huebneri -
Leaf Bagworm -
Leaf Case Moth (Hyalarcta huebneri) -
Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen bagworm considering emerging -
Evergreen Bagworm (Male Pupal Skin) - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen Bagworm Case - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen Bagworm (dead female, full of eggs) - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Evergreen Bagworm Moth - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis -
Bagworm emerging from its case (or bag)