Hi Miri,

Thanks. These were very close to the bagworms. Don't think they are related but curious about them too.

Here is another attempt. They are located in the crook of a limb. So it's tricky to get a better photo. Thanks so much for your help with this.

Hello,

Thank you for your question and photos!

The cases attached to the silver maple tree bark do appear to be some kind of bagworm casing. Bagworms use all different kinds of plant materials to create their casings. A very cool find! 

The additional larvae you found appear to be some kind of beetle larvae, potentially larvae of one of the twice-stabbed lady beetle species (typically predators of scale insects) or some other lady beetle (belonging to the beetle family Coccinellidae). Another very cool find! You can see many of the larvae have entered into the pupal stage- seen by the split larval body with the pupae inside. 

A good sign to see these beneficial insects (lady beetles) in the landscape. 

Great, I will keep an eye out on the larva to see if I can see what hatches out.

As always, you are great and I'm still proud that I used to be one of the ranks!!!