Vapourer
Orgyia antiqua
Species account (old)
Thinly distributed throughout the area in Robson's time, it became scarcer after the turn of the century [...] although J. W. H. Harrison had recorded it from three more Durham sites in 1919, and from Waldridge Fell in 1925. [...] Sheppard & Eyre found it widely distributed in the Derwent Valley in 1976 & 7 and in 1981. R. Woods rediscovered it on Waldridge Fell after an absence of 56 years. He also found it on Black Banks, Knitsley Fell (near Wolsingham) in 1982/3 and in the Rosa Shafto Estate near Spennymoor in 1984, while M. E. Blunt reported it from Oakerside Dene Lodge at the edge of Castle Eden Dene in 1983.
Statistics
| Records | 210 |
|---|---|
| Individuals | 247 |
| Largest Sample | 12 |
| First Recorded | 1845 |
| Last Recorded | 2024 |
| Earliest Adult Record | 10/07 |
| Latest Adult Record | 23/10 |
| Monad Coverage | 4.3% |
| Hexad Coverage | 64.3% |
Map
This map shows all records of Vapourer - Orgyia antiqua in the Durham (VC66) database per monad (1km grid square). The map can be explored further by zooming and panning, can be reset using the button on the left, and can be filtered by selecting the era. Click on a monad to view a full list of species recorded in it, or its containing hexad (10km grid square).
Map (image)
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Week graph
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Gallery
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Foodplants
This is a list of foodplants known to be used by the larval stages of Vapourer - Orgyia antiqua in the UK.
Habitats
This is a list of habitats that Vapourer - Orgyia antiqua is known to occur in within the UK.
Habitat and foodplant information derived from Cook, P.M.; Tordoff, G.M.; Davis, A.M.; Parsons, M.S.; Dennis, E.B.; Fox, R.; Botham, M.S.; Bourn, N.A.D. (2022). Traits data for the butterflies and macro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland, 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/33a66d6a-dd9b-4a19-9026-cf1ffb969cdb