Tinea occidentella at the Bodega Marine Reserve
Larva of T. occidentella emerging from silk tube. Coyote scat with many larval tubes of T. occidentella extending outward into the sand. At the end of each tube is a pupal case from which has emerged a moth . Coyote scat with larval tubes of T. occidentella. The scat has been lifted from the sand and laid upon its edge to show the distance down into the sand that the tubes have been built. Coyote hunting voles, Bodega Marine Reserve.