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Dicymolomia julianalis Wlk. preys on eggs of the
bagworm, Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis Haw. in North America
(Gahan 1909). As much as 30% of the
bags were found infested, and a single larva consumed the entire egg
contents. The cocoon is spun at the
free end of the bag. Dicymolomia has the normal habit of
being a scavenger in the heads of cattail (Typha sp.). Balduf (1937)
believed that this species was not primarily predaceous, but that the eggs
are destroyed incident to the preparation of a hibernaculum. References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional
references may be found at: MELVYL
Library ] References: Please refer
to <biology.ref.htm>,
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