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Automeris io
Female is bronzy-gray to purplish pink with large "owl" eyes on yellow for the underwing. Host: Deciduous trees, shrubs and plants including clover, corn, maple, oak, willow and redbud.
Woodland
I reared the io moth the year before and this was the first female to eclose.
Spotted on Jun 4, 2011
Submitted on Dec 25, 2012
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Wonderful!!!