. The eastern tent caterpillar . Figure 17. Fall webworm moth. Natural size. Bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Haw. This insect belongs to the Family Psychidae and occurs from Connec- ticut southward. Each larva makes a case, or bag, to which is attached small pieces of the foliage of the plant upon which it feeds. This bag is carried wherever the insect crawls about, and finally is attached to a twig, where it remains suspended during the winter, as shown in Figure 18. In the fall the larva pupates in the case. The males emerge and mate with the wingless females, which remain to lay eggs
. The eastern tent caterpillar . Figure 17. Fall webworm moth. Natural size. Bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Haw. This insect belongs to the Family Psychidae and occurs from Connec- ticut southward. Each larva makes a case, or bag, to which is attached small pieces of the foliage of the plant upon which it feeds. This bag is carried wherever the insect crawls about, and finally is attached to a twig, where it remains suspended during the winter, as shown in Figure 18. In the fall the larva pupates in the case. The males emerge and mate with the wingless females, which remain to lay eggs in their cases before they wriggle out and die. The eggs hatch the following spring.
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