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Male. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Western tussock moth Orgyia vetusta Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae Larval food plants: deerweed, buckwheat, snowbrush ceanothus, bitterbrush, willow, serviceberry, wild rose, desert peach, bittercherry Back to Moths of Orange County, California |
Female (wingless) laying eggs on cocoon. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Male. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Larvae. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Larva. © Peter J. Bryant. |
 Larva. Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 4-25-10. © Ron Hemberger |
 Larva. Thomas E. Riley Wilderness Park, Coto de Caza, Orange County, CA. 4-25-10. © Ron Hemberger |
Larva. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Larva spinning cocoon. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Cocoon (incorporating hairs from the larva). © Peter J. Bryant. |
 (species uncertain). Caspers Wilderness Park, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, CA. 7/6/13. © Ron Hemberger |
