Family: Lymantriidae

72.017 Vapourer Orgyia antiqua

There are 153 county records of 639 individuals from 70 different sites. First recorded in 1826.

Individual records comprise of: [157 Adult] [453 Egg] [29 Larval] .

Occurrence by month (Adults)

Jul
5
Aug
58
Sep
78
Oct
10

Earliest: 19 Jul 2009 - Latest: 20 Oct 2017

Historical Abundance

2020
453
2019
2
2018
3
2017
11
2016
10
2015
8
2014
4
2013
3
2012
1
2011
3

Records (Individuals) by Vice County

VC67
137 (624)
VC68
16 (15)

Status Grade 1

Larval food plants

13. Broadleaved trees
32. Shrubs
Blackthorn Prunus spinosa
Bog Myrtle Myrica Gale
Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Common Lime Tilia x europaea
Downy Birch Betula pubescens
English Elm Ulmus procera
Hazel Corylus avellana
Large-leaved Lime Tilia platyphyllos
Midland Hawthorn Crataegus laevigata
Pedunculate Oak Quercus robur
Sessile Oak Quercus petraea
Silver Birch Betula pendula
Small-leaved Lime Tilia cordata

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