Bugs in my Bin

Discussion in 'Garden Pest Management and Identification' started by carldudley, May 21, 2007.

  1. carldudley

    carldudley Member

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    Hello i was wondering if anyone can help me. as you can see from the pictures they are long and thin with about 10 legs. they werent found by any plants but around the bin which is actually kept quite clean. can you help me to identify what they are.
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  2. glowitkus

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    The "legs" toward the posterior or rear end are actually false legs called prolegs. I believe that you have a lepidopteran of some kind - a moth or butterfly. I'm not sure what you mean by "bin". Is there anything nearby that they could be eating? Did you find any webbing associated with them?
     
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    actually yes there was webbing. they were found by are garden waste bin, lots and lots of them. thank you very much.
     

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