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Io moth caterpillar

Automeris io

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Field Notes

Description:

Caterpillar to 3" is green with reddish-pink and white stripes on each side and clusters of branching spines.

Habitat:

Open woods and meadows, occasionally cornfields.

Notes:

The spines cause a painful stinging if they penetrate human skin.

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Moths of the World
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Go.. Go.. Native - Florida
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
Photographed
PublishedJuly 20, 2014

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