Scarce Vapourer Orgyia recens

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Now confined to a few localities in the east of England the Scarce Vapourer Orgyia recens has wingless females, I was lucky enough to find this series a few years back at a fair.

[nomad]

Good series, any of the flightless females to show?

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Not with this series Peter, they are in another case, I have been told you can still find larvae, feeding on hawthorn just outside Doncaster.

[trehopr1]

Pretty little moth. I know I've been enjoying all your various posts on your assorted moth subjects.

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My British moth collection compared with some is quite small, probably only 500 specimens but it contains many rare or extinct British taxa and many 100 year old and more specimens by famous collectors.

[trehopr1]

Sounds like an impressive collection to me. I don't bother too much with moths beyond a certain size range as the work is too painstaking if you want it to look good. If we had insect fairs here in America I'd probably look there for smaller material I don't wish to prepare myself. Some folks have a real knack for preparing up smaller stuff very nicely. I've gotten some 30 odd small moth species from a fellow in Poland who does some very nice work. However, my standards on appearance are tough so I've only managed this small number in the last couple of years.

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I was lucky enough to be friends with a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society who had access to things mere mortals like myself can only dream of so I was lucky.

[nomad]

Very good, with your knowledge of Lepidoptera is should be dunc F.R.E.S.   I expect it depends a lot on the circles you move in!!   a sophisticated society. 

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Yes, it takes a lot these days to make my eyes pop out when I see specimens but the stuff he had certainly did, depends on what your interests are I suppose but for British lepidoptera I've never seen the like before.

[nomad]

Here is a specimen of the flightless female of Orgyia recens, not a pretty sight.