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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » Giant Silkworm and Royal Moths (Saturniidae) » Buck and Io Moths (Hemileucinae) » Hemileucini » Automeris » Io Moth - Hodges#7746 (Automeris io)
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Hope this is what I think. My first :) - Automeris io
Copyright © 2013 Cathy Wilson

Hope this is what I think. My first :) - Automeris io
Loudonvile, Ashland County, Ohio, USA
June 1, 2013
Is it ever OK to try to tease the wings apart on a moth that has alighted on your siding? Will you damage the moth with any effort at displaying the underwings?

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Hope this is what I think. My first :) - Automeris io Hope this is what I think. My first :) - Automeris io Hope this is what I think. My first :) - Automeris io - male
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Contributed by Cathy Wilson on 1 June, 2013 - 7:18am

congrats!
now you're lookin for the female! :-)
… Edna Woodward, 1 June, 2013 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Usually you can gently tap their head or gently blow on them to start the defensive posture exposing the hindwings. This works for many of the Saturniid moths.
Thanks!
… Maury J. Heiman, 1 June, 2013 - 7:39am login or register to post comments

 
Oh! This I can do! Thank you.
A puff of breath. Thank you.
… Cathy Wilson, 1 June, 2013 - 8:09am login or register to post comments

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