I know it's alive I saw it move

[JBW]

[Geoff F]

I would say the larval stage of some insect, Brian. Some species cover themselves with various debris including dead skin and excrement.

Here is one which I found recently; the larva of a Lacewing. It was running around on a leaf picking up bits of anything edible with its fearsome pincers.

[xpatUSA]

Looks like what we Texans generically call "bag worms", Brian. I'm guessing that the moving part was at right of your find ...

[JBW]

Looks like what we Texans generically call "bag worms", Brian. I'm guessing that the moving part was at right of your find ...

I was in focus magnification so I 0only saw the whatever lif up and shift over. Bag worm seems like a good generic term

[JBW]

I would say the larval stage of some insect, Brian. Some species cover themselves with various debris including dead skin and excrement.

Here is one which I found recently; the larva of a Lacewing. It was running around on a leaf picking up bits of anything edible with its fearsome pincers.

I'd agree with you, we have Lion Ant larvae that do the same hide under a bunch of dead bug part trick. We have others that look like short (1 inch long) tubes.