The Caterpillar Himself

I knew if I hung around these bushes long enough I would actually see one of these caterpillars emerging out of its log cabin.

While I was checking them out again today with Toto in tow a few people passed me by and gave me strange looks :o) but I didnt care, this is for blip!! I'm probably getting a reputation in my area as some kind of mad woman who stares into bushes lol

Eventually I saw one right at the back that was waving his arms and writhing around and just as I was wondering how I would get a shot of it this one right under my nose popped his head out and started gnawing on the twigs, it was incredible!!

Hopefully, the next time I blip these it will be of the actual moth! I have no idea when that might be but I will be keeping my eye on them until it happens :)

UPDATE: I found this info on Wikipaedia and felt it was worth adding here.
A bagworm begins to build its case as soon as it hatches. Once the case is built, only adult males ever leave the case, never to return, when they take flight to find a mate. Bagworms add material to the front of the case as they grow, excreting waste materials through the opening in the back of the case. When satiated with leaves, a bagworm caterpillar secures its case and pupates. The adult female either emerges from the case long enough for breeding or remains in the case while the male extends his abdomen into the female's case to breed[citation needed]. Females lay their eggs in their case and die. The female Evergreen Bagworm (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis) dies without laying eggs, and the larval bagworm offspring emerge from the parent's body. Some bagworm species are parthenogenetic, meaning their eggs develop without male fertilization. Each bagworm generation lives just long enough as adults to mate and reproduce in their annual cycle[citation needed].