C.Rayz

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Posted: 07 Jul 2013


Taken: 20 Jun 2013

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1/200 f/6.3 109.0 mm ISO 400

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Vapourer Moth
my patio
st leonards on sea
Female
east sussex
hastings
moth
wildlife
Orgyia antiqua


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Patio Life: Vapourer Female Eggs

Patio Life: Vapourer Female Eggs
If you look closely at her abdomen you can see nothing but eggs.
Update: the first few of the Vapourer Moths emerge, this being the first female.
The females of this species are wingless as you can see, they generally release pheromones and wait for a feather antennaed male to show up and mate, then lay their eggs very near where they pupated and then die. They only live a few days usually.

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 C.Rayz
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No problem Dick, I knew about this moth's life cycle but still found it really neat to see from egg to adult this way!
10 years ago.

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