Bagworm in My Flower Bed (Fascinating Insect)

Good Morning Hivers!

So I found an insect today and I decided to share it with you all. It's called a bagworm, I found it in the flower bed close to my art studio and I'm really amaze at this creature, especially, the bag it made with a silk and little sticks and the way it stand straight like a usually stick when it notice any harm. I quickly made some research about it, and below is result of my research along side the beautiful pictures I took of it.

Bagworms

The bagworm caterpillar lives its entire life inside a tough protective case made of silk and camouflaging bits of foliage. Each caterpillar makes its own bag that it carries around as it feeds with the head and legs sticking out the open, top end of the bag. As the caterpillar eats and grows the bag is enlarged until by the end of the summer, what started as tiny pods only one-quarter inch long will have grown to almost 2 inches in length.

Life cycle of bagworms

In the end of the summer the bagworm caterpillars stop feeding and seal each bag shut after securely tying it to a twig, stem or even nearby structure. Inside the bag the caterpillar transforms to the moth stage. The adult female moth does not leave the bag the caterpillar created. She remains inside while the winged, male moth does emerge to fly about the infested tree to locate the waiting female. After mating the female produces 500 to 1000 eggs within her body and then she dies. The eggs remain in the bags on the trees until the following spring and hatch about mid-June to start the cycle over.

Below is the link to the source of my research, you might love to read further; https://hortnews.extension.iastate.edu/bagworm

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