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logan123 Houston, TX Jul 22, 2007

Hello all-

Can anyone help me identify this little bug/larva? It looks like a small leaf, and has a rough texture. It moves around by extending a black proboscis from one of its ends (the black spot in the photograph) and dragging itself around. Fairly quickly, I might add. When fully extended, the proboscis' length is about half the length of the body of this thing. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a clear picture of it with it extended. The body itself is rigid. The color is a mottled gray, green and brown.

Here are two links to the best macro images I could manage:

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/3159/mysterybug1lg1.jpg
http://img461.imageshack.us/img461/7897/mysterybug2hj3.jpg

Thanks,
Logan

Edit: Sorry about the poorly cropped thumbnail!

This message was edited Jul 22, 2007 9:52 AM

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Jul 22, 2007

I think it's a bagworm. The "body" is actually the leaf that the bagworm has molded to cover itself. She will lay eggs inside it. They can do a number on the trees they are on.... And I would look very closely for more. http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=bagworm&search=Search

Could possibly be a casebearing moth, too.
And the more I look at it, the more I think it is a casebearing moth. http://bugguide.net/node/view/27383



This message was edited Jul 22, 2007 6:11 PM

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logan123 Houston, TX Jul 23, 2007

Casebearing moth! That's it, no doubt. Thank you!

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