vapourer moth

noun

1. a tussock moth, Orgyia antiqua, of hedgerows and trees, the female of which is wingless and lays her eggs on her former cocoon

Example Sentences

I took these pictures of some vapourer moth caterpillars a couple of days ago outside my front door in Whitefield, Manchester.

From BBC

This is the common Vapourer Moth, which may be known at once by its bright chestnut colour, with darker transverse markings, and a white crescent-shaped spot in the anal angle of the fore wings.

From Project Gutenberg

Egg of the Vapourer Moth 20 14.

From Project Gutenberg

Larva of the Vapourer Moth 229 128.

From Project Gutenberg

The female will never develop her wings, but remain to her life’s end a crawling grub, like the female of our own Vapourer moth, and that of our English Glow-worm. 

From Project Gutenberg