The earliest known
example of occlupanids dates back to 1952 AD, in the region of what is now Yakima
Valley, Washington. Though primitive, even these early species had already adapted
fully to parasitism on the plastic membranes of apple bags. Traveling the country
nestled in the folds of bagged goods, occlupanids can now be found nationwide,
from Los Angeles to Washington DC. No examples of any occlupanids across the
Pacific or Atlantic oceans has been reported, though there have been rumors
of Italian plasticae that have most curious morphologies. Most field reports
from the British Isles seem to indicate that they once occupied the region,
but have now been supplanted by their convergent rivals from Kingdom Aluminia,
the twist-ties.
There have been no reports on occlupanid distribution in the continents of: South America, Africa, Asia, or Antarctica.
As always, more research is needed in these far-away lands. Any expeditions heading to these regions are asked to fill out a species report and mail it to this address .