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Cocoon Worm (Household casebearer)

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Household casebearer
by: Moni

Oops forgot to leave the link with the photos :-)

http://bugguide.net/node/view/27383
Household casebearer
by: Moni

Anonymous
Here are photos of the adult moths...rather small at about 1 cm or 3/8 inches long. Would be easy to miss - especially if they are outside. Moths tend to fly at night so that might be another reason you did not see them.
The must like it wet and warm
by: Anonymous

When I lived in Samoa these were all over the building I resided. I'd often watch them inch up the walls with their case in tow. I'm now in Hawaii, noticed one, and decided to look it up. I don't recall seeing the adult moths, however.
us too?!
by: Anonymous

i think we have found a couple of these now here in WI too! thanks for helping us id them!
Finally!
by: Anonymous

I live in Hawaii, and have been seeing these strange critters crawling through my house lately. I finally know what they are!
Household casebearer
by: Moni

Lok,
Your critter is a household casebearer, tho use to be called Plaster bagworm.
Interesting how this moth larva lives in a case that is open at each end so it can feed or move from either end Most bagworms or case bearers use just one end.
The larva eats old spider webs primarily tho will eat wool fibers and such.

This site says they can show up in any type of building...it is just looking for some yummy cob webs!?!
Bugguide has photos of them from Texas as well as Florida, Arizona, and California and as the information says they are thruout the southern states.
Insects are so neat and interesting!!

Here is a website from Univ of Florida about this insect - http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN129

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