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Scarce Vapourer
Orgyia recens (Hübner, 1819)
Erebidae: Lymantriinae
2025 / 72.018
Photo © Neil Sherman,  Norfolk Broads. June 2022.

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Vapourer
Orgyia antiqua
Forewing: M 13-17mm.
Flight: One generation June-July. (partial Aug-Oct)
Foodplant:   Hawthorns, oaks and sallows. (plus others)
Red List: Endangered (EN)
GB Status: Nationally Rare
Former Status: Red Data Book
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3
Status
Morley's Final Catalogue: Known only from Bentley, where several were assembled by means of a bred female (Garrett and H. A. Powles). Surely survives in our west Fens, if not our east Broads. Not rare in Norfolk marshes.

Recent Suffolk status: Extinct.

Life history: Single-brooded in summer. Occasionally a partial second brood in the autumn.

Identification: Vapourer is smaller, lighter brown and has no orange markings at the wing-tip.

Habitat: Broadland fens.

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

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