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rootdoctor Harrisville, MI (Zone 5b)
April 05, 2004 10:17 AM Post #829427
| Just found this hanging in my Bald Cypress,any ideas?? should I keep it,or is it something that I do not want??
Root. Click the image for an enlarged view.
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groovytee Washington, PA (Zone 6b)
April 05, 2004 10:25 AM Post #829436
| OMG that's scary looking... |
Dravencat Edgewater, MD (Zone 7a)
April 05, 2004 11:19 AM Post #829493
| I know its a cacoon but never saw what came out of it so dont know what to tell you. Ive seen them here quite often, you would think I would have kept an eye on them to see what creepy crawler came out so I could hide from it or feed it. |
rootdoctor Harrisville, MI (Zone 5b)
April 05, 2004 11:52 AM Post #829532
| LOL! Don't scare me!! Sure is one hardcore looking nest! |
pins2006 Decatur, GA (Zone 7a)
 April 05, 2004 02:57 PM Post #829660
| What you have looks just like a bagworm. It doesn't come out of the bag at all and it eats all of the foliage it can. Those are nasty things to deal with.
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/pests/g0725... |
rootdoctor Harrisville, MI (Zone 5b)
April 05, 2004 03:22 PM Post #829688
| Nice job Pins!! that is good enough for me,as long as I am not killing praying mantis or something else,ladybugs,I am going to pull it down,Thanks!!! |
cbrandenburg Freedom, PA (Zone 6a)
April 05, 2004 06:32 PM Post #829876
| THis is a Praying Mantis egg sack. You can find them in rose bushes, tall grasses, butterfly bushes. I have several of these all over my property. We bought a few a couple of years ago and they keep multiplying. Great to have in the garden.  Click the image for an enlarged view.
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groovytee Washington, PA (Zone 6b)
April 05, 2004 06:40 PM Post #829882
| Hi Cathy! Good to see you. I have one Preying Mantis egg sack I found so far this year. Those Mantis' are so cool! I watched one eat a bumble bee last year. it took him like an hour but he ate the whole thing. Weird but cool... |
Debby Milo, IA (Zone 5a)
April 05, 2004 09:51 PM Post #830114
| Whoa, Root. That thing would of scared the living daylights out of me. That sucker is huge. Enough to take over the world. Creepy Crawlers. Gives ya the jeebers. Be careful taking that thing down. |
Brugie Chariton, IA (Zone 5b)
April 05, 2004 10:27 PM Post #830161
| Cathy, when do they hatch out? I want to get some egg sacks for my garden this year. Was just wondering when they are in the wild if they hatch early or wait until it is really warm when the bugs are out. |
rootdoctor Harrisville, MI (Zone 5b)
April 05, 2004 10:42 PM Post #830175
| I love the Mantis,we were sitting out in the backyard,drinking beer,this little guy figured out the flies were coming to the beer,he would sit there and grab one,take it down to the table,chow it down,and head right back up the bottle,smart bug,and we liked not having flies on our beer.  Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Kell Northern California, CA (Zone 9b)
April 06, 2004 03:12 AM Post #830342
| LOL Root, drinking and eating with your bud! |
cbrandenburg Freedom, PA (Zone 6a)
April 06, 2004 08:20 AM Post #830471
| Brugie, they hatch when the night temps stay in the seventys, 3 nights of 70 or above and they hatch. So we usually start seeing them mid summer.
groovytee, if you found one, there's probably more. Just be careful when cleaning your garden this Spring. There great to have, just watch what you drinking. |
groovytee Washington, PA (Zone 6b)
April 06, 2004 08:36 AM Post #830492
| Here was mine from last summer on the Marigolds...  Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Brugie Chariton, IA (Zone 5b)
April 06, 2004 09:56 AM Post #830564
| Thanks Cathy. They seem to possibly be my cure for the cucumber beetle. Can't hurt to try anyway. |
scooterbug Tellico Plains , TN (Zone 7a)
April 06, 2004 12:43 PM Post #830768
| JMO...
...I think these are what my kids called mud wasps, never did know the correct name for them.
... We find them in the barns quite often of varied sizes. This one is huge!
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scooterbug Tellico Plains , TN (Zone 7a)
April 06, 2004 12:47 PM Post #830772
| But I hardly think a mud nest would survive outdoors ... D U H !!!! |
howardg New Orleans, LA (Zone 9a)
April 07, 2004 03:44 PM Post #832152
| Glad to see you enjoy your beer in a bottle. |
bilyn Danbury, NH (Zone 5b)
April 07, 2004 07:21 PM Post #832328
| HELLO
LOL howardg...
great outlook...
bilyn |
FROG0655 Palmetto, FL
August 05, 2007 05:25 PM Post #3821490
| An insect house ? These are hard, cone shaped, looks like sea shell material - found hanging in a pole barn on certain vines.  Click the image for an enlarged view.
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twinkle556 Clairton, PA
November 02, 2008 09:48 AM Post #5743149
| We had lots of nests with tiny mantises walking around. I hope no birds got them. That bagworm nest would scare the daylights out of me. I would be tempted to buy a flamethrower! here is a picture of mama or papa mantis.  Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Malus2006 Coon Rapids, MN (Zone 4a)
November 02, 2008 10:49 AM Post #5743370
| You also have mistletoes or maybe witch's broom on your tree behind the bagworm. |
kittriana Huntsville, TX (Zone 8b)
November 13, 2008 11:32 PM Post #5788773
| not mudwasps, paper wasps, looks like yellow jackets, but i think that one maybe the bagworm
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creekwalker Benton County, MO (Zone 5a)
November 16, 2008 12:04 AM Post #5796155
| Definitely a bagworm. They need to be pulled off when you see them. :-) |
Nature_Phtgrphr Canton, OH
January 10, 2009 09:11 PM Post #5990688
| Whoa!!! That nest is SWEET!!! .Never saw anything like it. |
scicciarella Mona in Metcalfe, ON (Zone 5a)
January 19, 2009 10:33 AM Post #6023390
| I had a stick bug fall on my chest last summer I thought the tree was loosing twigs till it started walking all over me I showed it to my two daughters that watch it for a few minutes and then I have him or her a hand to go back into the tree it fell out of hope to see some again this summer love interesting bugs
pic Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Nature_Phtgrphr Canton, OH
January 20, 2009 11:56 PM Post #6030668
| Hey,Cbrandonburg,I found a nest simlilar to that mantis egg sac u have a pic of..It was on the spoke of my boyfriend's old bike that had been sitting in the weeds for a while.Is this also a mantis egg sac??  Click the image for an enlarged view.
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scicciarella Mona in Metcalfe, ON (Zone 5a)
January 21, 2009 08:18 AM Post #6031188
| that does look like it you have a good eye to see that there is about 400 eggs in there when they come out they kinda look like ants only a few will survive to be adults |
LadyAshleyR Oakland, MD
January 27, 2009 02:17 PM Post #6058185
| most definitely a bagworm! |
kfury Kennebunkport, ME
April 20, 2009 02:33 PM Post #6437627
| looks same as: http://www.ohiodnr.com/Portals/18/health/images/bagworm_juni... |
scicciarella Mona in Metcalfe, ON (Zone 5a)
April 20, 2009 11:07 PM Post #6440418
| I burn worm bags I spray them with lighter fuel and set them ablaze lol I hate them they hatch and eat everything they can reach so early spring I walk around the property and everyone I find goes up in flames |