Cedar Creek
Natural History Area
Insects of Cedar Creek
Order LEPIDOPTERA
Family PSYCHIDAE
(Bagworms)
(Table of Species)
A common Bagworm Moth (26 NA spp) is Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis which usually attacks red cedar and white cedar. The wingless wormlike females lay eggs in the bag which it constructed as a case when a young larva.
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Last updated May, 2000
