Vapourer Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus, 1758) ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Status
.....Much more common than the
distribution map would suggest. This day-flying moth is
just as likely to occur in urban areas, even in the
middle of Nottingham. |
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Female, photographed at
Market Warsop July 2009 |
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Male and female mating,
photographed at Market Warsop July 2009 |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/vapourer02.jpg) |
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![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/vapourer03.jpg) |
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Egglaying female,
photographed at Market Warsop July 2009 |
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Male, photographed at
Eakring Meadows August 2003 |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/vapourer04.jpg) |
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![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds3/vapourer01.jpg) |
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Early stages ![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds5/textbanner04.jpg) |
Half grown
larva. Photographed at Market Warsop June 2016 |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/vapourerlarva01.jpg) |
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![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/vapourerlarva02.jpg) |
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Full grown
larva. Photographed at Budby South Forest July 2008 |
![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/vapourerlarva03.jpg) |
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![](http://www.eakringbirds.com/eakringbirds4/vapourerlarva04.jpg) |