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Dec222009

Vapourer Moth Caterpillar

DateTue 2009-12-22

From the summer of 2008: a caterpillar of the vapourer moth, Orgyia antigua (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae).  This is another moth in which the females are wingless.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading University grounds, Reading, UK, on 2008-08-29.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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