[Jewelry making - Article 00362] - Re: [Orchid] Insects as Art

[Judy Willingham]

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Hello,

>     I have noticed little bundles of tiny twigs, all neatly aligned,
>     adhered to various gum trees on my 60 acre property and wondered
>     what they were.....

    These little critters sound like what we call bag worms, which
    attack juniper in this area. The larvae builds a silken bag and
    incorporates bits of the tree on the outside. This protective bag is
    sort of dragged along as the larvae feeds and then becomes a
    chrysalis for pupation. For more info, here is a website from the U
    of Kentucky 

    http://www.uky.edu/Ag/Entomology/entfacts/trees/ef440.htm 

    Judy in Kansas, where the mercury really dropped last night to single
    digits F. The cat didn't want to stay outside very long this
    morning!
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