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Automeris io

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Scientific Name Automeris io Notes
Many species of moths have dull-looking forewings with patterns that act as camouflage, and brightly coloured hindwings that they flash when disturbed. This Io moth (Saturniidae: Automeris io) is displaying yellow…
Many species of moths have dull-looking forewings with patterns that act as camouflage, and brightly coloured hindwings that they flash when disturbed. This Io moth (Saturniidae: Automeris io) is displaying yellow hindwings that bear a pair of large eyespots. Perhaps the spots look a little like the eyes of a predator (an owl?) to an inquistive insectivorous bird. This individual was photographed at Queen's University Biological Station in Ontario. (Source: University of Alberta BioDiTRL online database, accessed Dec. 7, 2015. Copyright restrictions apply.)

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"Species Details - Automeris io, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-33372. Accessed 07 Jun. 2025.

Specimen Information

There are 13 specimens of this Species.

13 results plotted on map in 4 markers.
Note: Only records with latitude and longitude coordinates are plotted on map.

UASM210799 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Florida, Marion county, Ocala National Forest Collected BySimonsen, T. Date Collected2006-06-22

UASM210800 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Florida, Marion county, Ocala National Forest Collected BySimonsen, T. Date Collected2006-06-22

UASM210801 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Florida, Marion county, Ocala National Forest Collected BySimonsen, T. Date Collected2006-06-22

UASM210802 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Florida, Marion county, Ocala National Forest Collected BySimonsen, T. Date Collected2006-06-22

UASM210803 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Florida, Marion county, Ocala National Forest Collected BySimonsen, T. Date Collected2006-06-22

UASM210804 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Florida, Baker county, Osceola National Forest Collected BySimonsen, T. Date Collected2006-06-18

UASM210805 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedUnited States: Florida, Baker county, Osceola National Forest Collected BySimonsen, T. Date Collected2006-06-18

UASM187423 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, St. Williams Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected2003-06-14

UASM187424 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, St. Williams Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected2003-06-14

UASM187425 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, St. Williams Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected2003-06-14

UASM187426 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, St. Williams Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected2005-06-18

UASM187427 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Carp Ridge Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected2003-07-05

UASM187428 - Automeris io

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Place CollectedCanada: Ontario, Carp Ridge Collected ByTroubridge, J. Date Collected2005-06-04

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