Bagworm
Related Category: Zoology: Invertebrates
common name for the larva of small moths of the family Psychidae. The larva spins a silken cocoon as it travels, hence the term bagworm.
BAGWORM
A bagworm is the larva of moths that construct tents of silk and bits of leaves. They pupate inside the "bag." The female cannot fly; it has no wings, no legs, no antennae, and no eyes. She will lay her eggs inside her "bag."
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The cases sometimes are apparently randomly made of whatever the animal was able to find, rather like some of the cases used by the bagworm moths, or the way the larvae of Green Lacewings camouflage themselves.
 See also: Pupa, Fly, Cocoon, Caterpillar, Nymph
  
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