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Found this on my commute, what the heck is it?

Old 08-06-19, 07:05 AM
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Found this on my commute, what the heck is it?

I had to duck to avoid this one. Yes there is an insect emerging from some type of cocoon. What is it???

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Old 08-06-19, 07:44 AM
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Some kind of bagworm.
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Old 08-06-19, 08:14 AM
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Yep, that's a bagworm. They are rife down here in Maryland and further south, though evidently they've been migrating further north each year for about a decade or so.
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Wow, Interesting. Never heard of them.

We'll they have made up to 42 degrees northern latitude apparently.
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I've seen things like that in swamps, but not hanging from trees.
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Scary

Definitely something I’d find under my bed
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