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Io Moth - Hodges#7746 (Automeris io)
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Copyright © 2008
DRStiehl
caterpillar -
Automeris io
VanEtten, Chemung County, New York, USA
September 8, 2008
Size: aprox 1 3/8"
I laid down some landscape cloth and then found this crawling around on it. around 11am
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Contributed by
DRStiehl
on 8 September, 2008 - 11:07am
Last updated 13 September, 2008 - 4:34am
Cropped and moved.
I cropped this image to get a better view of the caterpillar.
The
Food
section of the
Info Page
has a list of many different host plants.
From what I know of these, if you find one, there will be many more at a near-by food source. I find these every year on hibiscus trees at my Mother-in-laws. They will eat all of the leaves off of the two trees that she has. I find it strange that with the hundreds of caterpillars that I see there every year, I have never seen any moths.
How has your project progressed?
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Ron M.
, 13 September, 2008 - 4:46am
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Io Moth
Automeris io. Do not touch. Urticating spines.
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Harry Zirlin
, 8 September, 2008 - 11:50am
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Thank you Harry, do you know
Thank you Harry, do you know what they feed on? I'd like to try to keep it till is changes into the moth. Thanks for the do not touch warning, I thought I remembered something like that so I picked him up with a spade shovel.
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DRStiehl
, 8 September, 2008 - 12:48pm
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Almost any tree
Try cherry, elm, oak, willow. See what it prefers.
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john and jane balaban
, 8 September, 2008 - 5:39pm
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Thanks John & Jane
I put a few different branches in and it seems ok sofar. Can't wait to see him "all grown up" they look beautiful.
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DRStiehl
, 8 September, 2008 - 7:02pm
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