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Bagworm on Saraca indica

March 2008. A request from India, for the identification and control of a bagworm on Saraca indica in India.

They have been put on Ecoport:

pick17.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_PAO837&res=640

http://pick17.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?act=zoom&img=/home/IM/I_PAO/0008/640/Saraca_in
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http://pick17.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_PAO841&res=640

http://pick17.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?act=zoom&img=/home/IM/I_PAO/0008/640/Saraca_in
dica,I_PAO841.jpg?367,232

http://pick17.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_PAO852&res=640

It was thought to be Leptocorisa (Alydidae). It was also thought to feed on seeds of grass – they can build up in large numbers if rice or other grasses are flowering in the area