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Io Moth Caterpillar
Automeris io
34.4073, -111.514
Field Notes
Description:
The top half of the body is green; bottom half has a green stripe down the center flanked by deep red then black up to the equator of the body. Light green patterned stripes [kinda look like a Radius and an Ulna bone] atop the black at the equator and then twice more down the center of the back, both offset from the exact center. Legs are deep red.
On the back are spines that look a lot like juniper sprigs. They are green with black highlights.
Big green eyes. Small white square on center of mouth.
Habitat:
Strawberry, Arizona
Gila County
Northeastern Arizona
Pine trees, rotting logs, meadows, near water.
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