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Io Moth

Automeris io

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Field Notes

Description:

Looks like an owl faced moth.

Habitat:

Inside a shed/barn

Species ID Suggestions

Io Moth

Automeris io

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bayucca
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Comments (5)
LisaPowers
Congrats! This spotting has been featured as a PN Fun Fact: Today marks the beginning of National Moth Week. Are you ready to help out during one of the largest citizen science projects in the world? Yes, we said world,because National Moth Week is going global this year! Please visit their home page and register your site,or find other sites/events close to you! Don't forget to post your photos here on Project Noah and put your moth spottings in the Moths of the World or National Moth Week mission.
bayucca
Male, female are brownish.
samsatterwhite
Thanks for the ID! Can you tell from the pictures if it's a male or female?
bayucca
Saturniidae, Hemileucinae, Hemileucini, Automeris io. http://bugguide.net/node/view/405/bgimage

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PublishedJuly 7, 2014

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