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Io moth caterpillar - Automeris io
Copyright © 2004 Beatriz Moisset

Io moth caterpillar - Automeris io
Churchville Park, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
August 5, 2004
Can somebody help me with the ID of this caterpillar? There were about seven or eight together, I think that the plant was a button bush.
Southeastern PA
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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 6 November, 2004 - 5:26pm
Last updated 2 November, 2009 - 10:46am

Io moth caterpillar
Thanks to all, I appreciate the speed of your responses.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 November, 2004 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

Io
Looks like Automeris Io. See guide page here (1)
… john and jane balaban, 6 November, 2004 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Be careful...
It does look like an IO moth caterpillar, be careful...those are stinging spines.
… Tony DiTerlizzi, 6 November, 2004 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

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