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Io Moth

Automeris io

Photo by Robert Emond
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30.9751, -83.2074

Field Notes

Description:

Upperside occasionally males from the spring brood will be mostly brown. Female forewings are brown or brownish purple to red and the bands and eyespots may or may not be apparent. Hindwings of both sexes are yellow to brownish orange with yellow or orange margins. Each hindwing has a large black and blue eyespot with a white dash in the middle.

Habitat:

Deciduous forests, thorn scrub, and suburban areas.

Notes:

Found just outside of the building where I work on the Air Force Base in the morning clinging to the wall under the overhang for max shade and out of the rain.

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