Io Moth Eggs (Automeris io)

On Lespedeza cuneata, at the edge of a dense mixed forest.

Note to anyone reading this:
We really need to get an adult moth photo for JD!

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Oh wow, looked it up, you were not kidding. Nice moth week target ;)
Excellent article on this moth here:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/io_moth.htm

Yet still don't know during which months the adults emerge. Posted 5 years ago
1. Flown Kimmerling
  
  Lion
  
  It looks like peak occurrence of adult sightings is June. Maybe I'll get lucky!
  https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/82279-Automeris-io Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    That's nice, and also still a reasonable chance for a few months to come. Best of luck, Lisa! Posted 5 years ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      How cool that you found the eggs!! I have never seen an Io - not even a caterpillar. Posted 5 years ago

The Io moth

"Automeris io" is a colorful North American moth in the family Saturniidae. It ranges from the southeast corner of Manitoba and in the southern extremes of Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick in Canada, and in the US it is found from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, east of those states and down to the southern end of Florida.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Flown Kimmerling