CLOSED: Anyone recognize this cone shaped structure on a leaf?

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Jun 14, 2011

I'm thinking it could be a cocoon or chrysalis maybe?

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LadyAshleyR Oakland, MD Jun 14, 2011

Maybe a bagworm of some type? Never seen something like that before.

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flatpickit Charleston, SC Jun 15, 2011

This is called the Octagonal Casebearer or Octagonal Casemaker Moth: Coleophora octagonella

http://bugguide.net/node/view/229786

Notice at the link that it may be true that it is misplaced in the genus Coleophora. I've been seeing these in coastal SC as well. They end up hanging from a variety of things, even man made structures. Apparantly, their larval food source is lichen.

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Xeramtheum Summerville, SC(Zone 8a) Jun 15, 2011

Thanks!

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Jun 15, 2011

That is bizarre!

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kennedyh Churchill, Victoria, Australia(Zone 10a) Jun 15, 2011

An interesting moth. We did not have it represented in BugFiles, so I have created an entry for it here: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/6641/
It would be great if you would add your image to that page.

Ken