Pre-print and weird repro thread time!
I've posted here about scale insects a lot, but ~half of my research is on Lepidoptera. My lab is developing bagworm moths (Psychidae) as models for comparative genomics.
You probably know them like you see in the pics below: caterpillars that make cases.
I've posted here about scale insects a lot, but ~half of my research is on Lepidoptera. My lab is developing bagworm moths (Psychidae) as models for comparative genomics.
You probably know them like you see in the pics below: caterpillars that make cases.
December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Pre-print and weird repro thread time!
I've posted here about scale insects a lot, but ~half of my research is on Lepidoptera. My lab is developing bagworm moths (Psychidae) as models for comparative genomics.
You probably know them like you see in the pics below: caterpillars that make cases.
I've posted here about scale insects a lot, but ~half of my research is on Lepidoptera. My lab is developing bagworm moths (Psychidae) as models for comparative genomics.
You probably know them like you see in the pics below: caterpillars that make cases.
🥰Atualizando Bicho-do-cesto (Oiketicus kirbyi)
Família: Psychidae
Um ano acompanhando a vida da mariposa🐛. 😍🙃
Família: Psychidae
Um ano acompanhando a vida da mariposa🐛. 😍🙃
December 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
🥰Atualizando Bicho-do-cesto (Oiketicus kirbyi)
Família: Psychidae
Um ano acompanhando a vida da mariposa🐛. 😍🙃
Família: Psychidae
Um ano acompanhando a vida da mariposa🐛. 😍🙃
The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva hasn’t moved for three days and has fixed itself to the side of the Perspex container.
It will be interesting to see what emerges!
#Psychidae
It will be interesting to see what emerges!
#Psychidae
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva hasn’t moved for three days and has fixed itself to the side of the Perspex container.
It will be interesting to see what emerges!
#Psychidae
It will be interesting to see what emerges!
#Psychidae
The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva, which should have metamorphosed in the summer has made it to Halloween.🎃
It stopped feeding last week and wandered away from the lichen substrate provided for it.
🧙
This Larva Aeterna seems to be the last of the Baildon Luffia colony 😕
#Psychidae #VC64
It stopped feeding last week and wandered away from the lichen substrate provided for it.
🧙
This Larva Aeterna seems to be the last of the Baildon Luffia colony 😕
#Psychidae #VC64
October 31, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva, which should have metamorphosed in the summer has made it to Halloween.🎃
It stopped feeding last week and wandered away from the lichen substrate provided for it.
🧙
This Larva Aeterna seems to be the last of the Baildon Luffia colony 😕
#Psychidae #VC64
It stopped feeding last week and wandered away from the lichen substrate provided for it.
🧙
This Larva Aeterna seems to be the last of the Baildon Luffia colony 😕
#Psychidae #VC64
Two genera newly recorded from Australia: Mahasena Moore and Manatha Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae), each with a new species https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41119568/
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Two genera newly recorded from Australia: Mahasena Moore and Manatha Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Oiketicinae), each with a new species https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41119568/
Down but not out! The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva is not dead after all. After five days of inactivity it has “done a Lazarus” and resumed feeding on lichen.
This is a great example of a larva aeterna and it might be some time before the culprit reveals itself.
#Psychidae #VC64 #lapidella
This is a great example of a larva aeterna and it might be some time before the culprit reveals itself.
#Psychidae #VC64 #lapidella
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Down but not out! The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva is not dead after all. After five days of inactivity it has “done a Lazarus” and resumed feeding on lichen.
This is a great example of a larva aeterna and it might be some time before the culprit reveals itself.
#Psychidae #VC64 #lapidella
This is a great example of a larva aeterna and it might be some time before the culprit reveals itself.
#Psychidae #VC64 #lapidella
The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva hasn’t moved since Friday 10th October.
Presumably the moth caterpillar has now been killed by the parasitoid larva and we now have to wait until the culprit emerges as an adult wasp.
#Baildon #VC64 #Psychidae
Presumably the moth caterpillar has now been killed by the parasitoid larva and we now have to wait until the culprit emerges as an adult wasp.
#Baildon #VC64 #Psychidae
October 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The parasitised Luffia lapidella larva hasn’t moved since Friday 10th October.
Presumably the moth caterpillar has now been killed by the parasitoid larva and we now have to wait until the culprit emerges as an adult wasp.
#Baildon #VC64 #Psychidae
Presumably the moth caterpillar has now been killed by the parasitoid larva and we now have to wait until the culprit emerges as an adult wasp.
#Baildon #VC64 #Psychidae
Aquesta espècie en particular és originària de prats 🌱 i deserts 🏜️ del sudoest i centre d'Àsia, però hi ha espècies de Psychidae a pràcticament tot el món 🌏.
wanderingthroughwadis.com/2016/06/13/a...
wanderingthroughwadis.com/2016/06/13/a...
Amicta Bagworm Moth
One of the most fascinating things that I have come across while wandering through wadis is the case of the Amicta Bagworm Moth (Amicta quadrangularis). The first time I spotted one, there were sev…
wanderingthroughwadis.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Aquesta espècie en particular és originària de prats 🌱 i deserts 🏜️ del sudoest i centre d'Àsia, però hi ha espècies de Psychidae a pràcticament tot el món 🌏.
wanderingthroughwadis.com/2016/06/13/a...
wanderingthroughwadis.com/2016/06/13/a...
Havies vist mai AIXÒ? 👀
Us presento a Amicta quadrangularis, una arna de la família Psychidae 🦋.
I on està l'arna? 🤔 Doncs dins d'aquestes branquetes tan ben ordenades que la seva eruga reuneix per a protegir-se 🐛. La forma d'apilar-los és distintiva de cada espècie.
Us presento a Amicta quadrangularis, una arna de la família Psychidae 🦋.
I on està l'arna? 🤔 Doncs dins d'aquestes branquetes tan ben ordenades que la seva eruga reuneix per a protegir-se 🐛. La forma d'apilar-los és distintiva de cada espècie.
October 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Havies vist mai AIXÒ? 👀
Us presento a Amicta quadrangularis, una arna de la família Psychidae 🦋.
I on està l'arna? 🤔 Doncs dins d'aquestes branquetes tan ben ordenades que la seva eruga reuneix per a protegir-se 🐛. La forma d'apilar-los és distintiva de cada espècie.
Us presento a Amicta quadrangularis, una arna de la família Psychidae 🦋.
I on està l'arna? 🤔 Doncs dins d'aquestes branquetes tan ben ordenades que la seva eruga reuneix per a protegir-se 🐛. La forma d'apilar-los és distintiva de cada espècie.
Esta especie en particular es originaria de praderas 🌱 y desiertos 🏜️ del sudoeste y centro de Asia, pero podemos encontrar especies de Psychidae en casi todo el mundo 🌏.
wanderingthroughwadis.com/2016/06/13/a...
wanderingthroughwadis.com/2016/06/13/a...
Amicta Bagworm Moth
One of the most fascinating things that I have come across while wandering through wadis is the case of the Amicta Bagworm Moth (Amicta quadrangularis). The first time I spotted one, there were sev…
wanderingthroughwadis.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Esta especie en particular es originaria de praderas 🌱 y desiertos 🏜️ del sudoeste y centro de Asia, pero podemos encontrar especies de Psychidae en casi todo el mundo 🌏.
wanderingthroughwadis.com/2016/06/13/a...
wanderingthroughwadis.com/2016/06/13/a...
¿Alguna vez habíais visto ESTO? 👀
Os presento a Amicta quadrangularis, una polilla de la familia Psychidae 🦋.
¿Y dónde está la polilla? Pues dentro de esos tronquitos tan bien ordenados que su oruga reúne para protegerse 🐛. La forma de apilarlos es distintivo de cada especie.
Os presento a Amicta quadrangularis, una polilla de la familia Psychidae 🦋.
¿Y dónde está la polilla? Pues dentro de esos tronquitos tan bien ordenados que su oruga reúne para protegerse 🐛. La forma de apilarlos es distintivo de cada especie.
October 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
¿Alguna vez habíais visto ESTO? 👀
Os presento a Amicta quadrangularis, una polilla de la familia Psychidae 🦋.
¿Y dónde está la polilla? Pues dentro de esos tronquitos tan bien ordenados que su oruga reúne para protegerse 🐛. La forma de apilarlos es distintivo de cada especie.
Os presento a Amicta quadrangularis, una polilla de la familia Psychidae 🦋.
¿Y dónde está la polilla? Pues dentro de esos tronquitos tan bien ordenados que su oruga reúne para protegerse 🐛. La forma de apilarlos es distintivo de cada especie.
The presumably parasitised Luffia lapidella larva (collected from a Baildon sycamore trunk) is still feeding on the Lecanora lichen. It is now well into its second Autumn.
Hopefully an interesting parasitoid wasp will emerge from this larva aeterna in a few weeks.
#Psychidae #ferchaultella #VC64
Hopefully an interesting parasitoid wasp will emerge from this larva aeterna in a few weeks.
#Psychidae #ferchaultella #VC64
October 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The presumably parasitised Luffia lapidella larva (collected from a Baildon sycamore trunk) is still feeding on the Lecanora lichen. It is now well into its second Autumn.
Hopefully an interesting parasitoid wasp will emerge from this larva aeterna in a few weeks.
#Psychidae #ferchaultella #VC64
Hopefully an interesting parasitoid wasp will emerge from this larva aeterna in a few weeks.
#Psychidae #ferchaultella #VC64
Can you help us ID this species of #insect? It was filmed at TLC's The Big Punchbowl Reserve, crawling along in casuarina debris. Tip: we think it might be a #moth in the family #Psychidae.
Video by Georgie Cummings.
Video by Georgie Cummings.
September 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Can you help us ID this species of #insect? It was filmed at TLC's The Big Punchbowl Reserve, crawling along in casuarina debris. Tip: we think it might be a #moth in the family #Psychidae.
Video by Georgie Cummings.
Video by Georgie Cummings.
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths).
The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagworm...
The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagworm...
Bagworm moth - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
September 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Psychidae (bagworm moths, also simply bagworms or bagmoths) are a family of the Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths).
The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagworm...
The bagworm family is fairly small, with about 1,350 species described. Bagworm species are found globally.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagworm...
New #occurrence dataset in @gbif.org: Report of Xanthopimpla punctata (Fabricius) as a pupal parasitoid of banana bagworm, Manatha albipes Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from South India (2 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/196247f6-cc4d-4ce5-b475-f9cd12633548
September 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New #occurrence dataset in @gbif.org: Report of Xanthopimpla punctata (Fabricius) as a pupal parasitoid of banana bagworm, Manatha albipes Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from South India (2 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/196247f6-cc4d-4ce5-b475-f9cd12633548
I completed this mini for a Cobramode Miniatures painting contest earlier in the year, and am still feeling really proud of it! The sculpt is a mothfolk psychic, the "Noctuoidea Mage Psychidae."
bit.ly/MothfolkPsyc...
#minipainting #miniaturepainting #miniatures #nerdlings #mothman #dndminiatures
bit.ly/MothfolkPsyc...
#minipainting #miniaturepainting #miniatures #nerdlings #mothman #dndminiatures
September 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I completed this mini for a Cobramode Miniatures painting contest earlier in the year, and am still feeling really proud of it! The sculpt is a mothfolk psychic, the "Noctuoidea Mage Psychidae."
bit.ly/MothfolkPsyc...
#minipainting #miniaturepainting #miniatures #nerdlings #mothman #dndminiatures
bit.ly/MothfolkPsyc...
#minipainting #miniaturepainting #miniatures #nerdlings #mothman #dndminiatures
Bicho-do-cesto (Oiketicus kirbyi) 😱🤔
Família: Psychidae
Mostrou a carinha hoje! 😅
Família: Psychidae
Mostrou a carinha hoje! 😅
September 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Bicho-do-cesto (Oiketicus kirbyi) 😱🤔
Família: Psychidae
Mostrou a carinha hoje! 😅
Família: Psychidae
Mostrou a carinha hoje! 😅
Over the last few years the amount of light-green lichen on the Baildon Luffia’s sycamore has decreased dramatically. This seems to be the last remaining larva but hopefully there may be others higher up the tree and therefore out of sight.
#VC64 #Luffia #lapidella #Psychidae
#VC64 #Luffia #lapidella #Psychidae
August 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Over the last few years the amount of light-green lichen on the Baildon Luffia’s sycamore has decreased dramatically. This seems to be the last remaining larva but hopefully there may be others higher up the tree and therefore out of sight.
#VC64 #Luffia #lapidella #Psychidae
#VC64 #Luffia #lapidella #Psychidae
Hooray! I have found a solitary Luffia lapidella on the old sycamore at Hollins Hall, Baildon
#VC64 #Psychidae @doublekidney.bsky.social @andydnunn.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social
#VC64 #Psychidae @doublekidney.bsky.social @andydnunn.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Hooray! I have found a solitary Luffia lapidella on the old sycamore at Hollins Hall, Baildon
#VC64 #Psychidae @doublekidney.bsky.social @andydnunn.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social
#VC64 #Psychidae @doublekidney.bsky.social @andydnunn.bsky.social @eggboxenvy.bsky.social
Despite torrential rain all day Saturday, we risked putting out the moth motel last night. Very few moth visitors (just 6/6) but this beauty was among them.
A Lepidoscia sp. (I think), one of the Bagworm moths (Family Psychidae)
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inatuarlist
A Lepidoscia sp. (I think), one of the Bagworm moths (Family Psychidae)
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inatuarlist
August 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Despite torrential rain all day Saturday, we risked putting out the moth motel last night. Very few moth visitors (just 6/6) but this beauty was among them.
A Lepidoscia sp. (I think), one of the Bagworm moths (Family Psychidae)
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inatuarlist
A Lepidoscia sp. (I think), one of the Bagworm moths (Family Psychidae)
#teammoth #ausinverts #wildoz #lepidoptera #inatuarlist
From stick to log cabin. Speed running selected #Psychidae construction pics from the Earthling Cards Gallery #10. You can slow video to 0.25 speed in settings if you want a better look. How much bug construction can you fit in a bluesky post? #Moth #EarthlingCards
August 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
From stick to log cabin. Speed running selected #Psychidae construction pics from the Earthling Cards Gallery #10. You can slow video to 0.25 speed in settings if you want a better look. How much bug construction can you fit in a bluesky post? #Moth #EarthlingCards
Bagworm - possibly Lichen Case-bearer (Dahlica lichenella) - feeding on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. Initially mistaken for snail poo. #TeamMoth #Moths #Psychidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
August 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Bagworm - possibly Lichen Case-bearer (Dahlica lichenella) - feeding on gravestone in New Calton Burial Ground, #Edinburgh. Initially mistaken for snail poo. #TeamMoth #Moths #Psychidae #CemeteryWildlifeWatch recording activity on #iRecord.
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: A catalogue of bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from India (163 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c405e45-b22d-433e-bcbb-6bb6567fab68
July 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: A catalogue of bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae) from India (163 species occurrences) https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c405e45-b22d-433e-bcbb-6bb6567fab68
Cytogenetic investigation of bag worms (Psychidae), found absence of W. www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10...
www.mdpi.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Cytogenetic investigation of bag worms (Psychidae), found absence of W. www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/10...
The British bagworm moths (Psychidae) & their larval cases (several have wingless females that stay in the larval case) from a 1945-6 article. The species featured in that last repost is at figs 5 & 5a.
June 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The British bagworm moths (Psychidae) & their larval cases (several have wingless females that stay in the larval case) from a 1945-6 article. The species featured in that last repost is at figs 5 & 5a.