bagworm

bag·worm

(băg′wûrm′)

Any of several moths of the family Psychidae, the larvae and females of which inhabit fibrous cases constructed of silk with bits of leaves and other debris, especially Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis, a pest of deciduous and evergreen trees.

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bagworm

(ˈbæɡˌwɜːm)

1. (Animals) the larva of moths of the family Psychidae, which forms a protective case of silk covered with grass, leaves, etc

2. (Animals) bagworm moth any moth of the family Psychidae

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bag•worm

(ˈbægˌwɜrm)

n.

any moth of the family Psychidae in its caterpillar phase, in which it wraps itself in a bag of silk, leaves, etc.

[1860–65, Amer.]

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Birds and wasps are two natural enemies of the bagworm. To protect themselves, bagworms build a house around themselves.

The Worm'S Bag

Since the bagworm infestation was not uniformly, the field was divided into 4 blocks based on the severity of attack.

Efficacy of trunk injection technique of systemic insecticide against bagworms on oil palm

Paulownia bagworm (Clania variegata Snell) is an economically important forest defoliator in China.

Stereochemical studies on pheromonal communications

cocoon a bagworm leaves on the stricken juniper tight woven so beautiful

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Ng, 1969) as well as in oil palm plantations for the control of the rhinoceros beetle, bagworm, termites, nettle caterpillar and bunch moth (Mohd.

Leaching of chlorpyrifos in peat soil of an oil palm plantation in Malaysia

The unusual life history of the bagworm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis has been described in varying detail by numerous workers (e.g., Kulman, 1965; Kaufmann, 1968; Morden and Waldbauer, 1971; Sheppard and Stairs, 1976; Furniss and Carolin, 1977; Lance and Barbosa, 1979).

Studies of Ballooning and Resulting Patterns of Locally Contagious Distribution of the Bagworm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth) (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)

Biology, infestation characteristics and impact of the bagworm, Pteroma plagiophleps Hamps in forest plantations of Paraserianthes falcataria.

Horse chestnut scale (Pulvinaria regalis) (Homoptera: Coccidae) and urban host tree environment

C., USA (Bagworm) [CC BY 2.0] 18; by Leonard Grant Williams (Own work) [CC BY 4.0] 19 (left); by jeffreyw [CC BY 2.0] 19 (right); by Pavel Kirillov [CC BY-SA 2.0] 21 (bottom); by Judy Gallagher [CC BY 2.0] 25 (left), 26; by Greg Hume (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0] 24 (top-left).

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Effects of honey and sucrose on longevity and fecundity of Apanteles metesae (Nixon), a major parasitoid of the oil palm bagworm, Metisaplana (Walker).

Longevity of Cleruchoides noackae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae), with various honey concentrations and at several temperatures