What you have found is a Bag Worm. Most often found on evergreen trees but
will feed on other plants. They are destructive to plants and can kill a cedar
tree in a few weeks.
Suzanne Malone
In a message dated 7/26/2004 8:33:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Renee Grebe"
<grebe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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Found this cocoon on my lemon balm today (see my fingers for relative size
of the cocoon). Does anyone know what moth it will become? (I think I
read that only moth's make cocoons)
http://talking-dog.com/grebe/downloads/mysteryCocoon.jpg
I only recently have started really observing and being interested in
butterflies/moths and their caterpillars. We currently have a dozen black
swallowtail caterpillars decimating our parsley plants, but we love them
with all of our heart, so the parsley has been sacrificed. :) We just
put netting over one of the parsley pots so that we can observe the pupas
and butterflies when the time comes - we're excited to watch it.
Thanks to anyone that has info for me! (respond off the list please)
Also, if there is a butterfly listserve at all, I'd be interested to hear
about that as well.
-Renee Grebe
Alexandria, VA
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