Summary ⁵

The Rusty Tussock Moth or Vapourer, Orgyia antiqua, is a moth in the family Lymantriidae that is native to Europe, but now transcontinental in distribution in the Palaearctic and the Nearctic regions. The orange-brown male flies mostly during the day, but the female is flightless, spending her brief life attached to her cocoon. The hairy caterpillar is spectacular, with "humps", "horns" and a "tail" in a combination of dark grey, red and yellow. It feeds on...

Additional photos ⁶

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Sources and Credits

1. (c) Sarah Wilson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Sarah Wilson
2. (c) Killarney Provincial Park, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Killarney Provincial Park
3. (c) Jason M Crockwell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jason M Crockwell
4. (c) portioid, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by portioid
5. Adapted by Chris Cheatle from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgyia_antiqua
6. (c) Chris Cheatle, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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