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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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IO caterpillars? - Automeris io
Copyright © 2011 Colette Micallef

IO caterpillars? - Automeris io
San Jacinto County, Texas, USA
October 29, 2010
underside of same leaf as first pic

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IO caterpillars? - Automeris io IO caterpillars? - Automeris io IO caterpillars? - Automeris io
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Contributed by Colette Micallef on 10 May, 2011 - 5:30pm
Last updated 20 May, 2011 - 8:47pm

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… john and jane balaban, 20 May, 2011 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

Io Moth
I would for sure say that they are Io Moths. I raised a group of them from an early instar a few years ago. Mine had a few white markings like those pictured; however, they faded as they grew. Out of curiosity... were they feeding on a Redbud tree?
… Don Myers, 10 May, 2011 - 7:57pm login or register to post comments

 
I did not measure but these w
I did not measure but these were no less than 45mm. 60mm probably more accurate. I attached another photo, the best show of the food plant but not great. I do not know what the plant is. I am however certain not Redbud. low to the ground and sparsley shaped, kinda like Button Bush. Prehaps I can go back to the area and check. I know exactly where they were.

I have tons of IO caterpillar photos, they are very common here. Mostly feeding on Mulberry, but a variety of other plants also. These are semilar, just different somehow.
… Colette Micallef, 10 May, 2011 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

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