Vapourer Moth Caterpillar by durleybeachbum

Photography • Insects • posted on Jul 13, 2014

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The Vapourer Orgyia antiqua This was still quite tiny, and I was hoping to see it get bigger but it vanished when the petals dropped! Some info from UK MOTHS "An unusual species in many ways, the males fly during the day (although the example depicted was attracted to light at night). The females are virtually wingless, an attribute normally associated with winter-emerging species, but the adults are out from July to September, sometimes October in the south. The female lays her eggs on what remains of the pupal cocoon, which then overwinter. When hatched, the very hairy caterpillars feed on a range of deciduous trees and shrubs. The species is fairly common, especially in suburban habitats, over much of Britain, but more so in the south." See another shot Here

Comments (21)

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Mark-David-Rogers

7:28AM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Fantastic capture of this caterpillar, I know as kids we all kind of found them attractive, there were so many different kinds but the fluffy one's were always interesting but of course you can get a skin reaction from them. Often as kids we tended to focus in gardens we played at the many insects and spiders that existed around us. I was always fascinated by ants whoa re so clever and the way they organise themselves and the pecking orders etc. This is a nice find and capture.

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kgb224

9:54AM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Amazing capture Andrea. God bless.

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helanker

11:08AM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Gorgeous little caterpillar :)

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photosynthesis

11:14AM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Wow, a very colorful & hairy character & an outstanding capture...

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jendellas

11:20AM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Very pretty colour, great find.

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NightGallery

11:37AM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Very nice shot of this wild hairy creature.

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Jay-el-Jay

11:46AM | Sun, 13 July 2014

With those colorful warning markings,I bet that birds and other predators have learned to leave them alone.A fine shot.

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ia-du-lin

12:18PM | Sun, 13 July 2014

beautiful macro

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pat40

12:21PM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Very good pic

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jayfar

1:16PM | Sun, 13 July 2014

A great shot and info Andrea.

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moochagoo

2:43PM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Very good and artistic shot

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auntietk

4:27PM | Sun, 13 July 2014

We found one in downtown Chicago, all those years ago. Gosh ... it must have been nearly five years ago. (How time flies, huh?) Chip was thrilled! :) Such nice memories ...

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Faemike55

6:38PM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Cool candid capture interesting species differentiation

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wysiwig

6:42PM | Sun, 13 July 2014

Looking at this I realized they are the insect equivalent of paper cutting artists. This is a great image but the flickr one is superb. Outstanding clarity and detail on both.

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