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8 Comments

bayucca
bayucca 12 years ago

Saturniidae, I also would tend to an Automeris sp., but not io, which is not in Brazil.

G u s t a v o
G u s t a v o 12 years ago

Oi Lemco! O Project Noah está no orkut!!!

Edith
Edith 13 years ago

This is why Noah is so cool!.. :) Never know what/where (it) has been spotted!

lemco
lemco 13 years ago

Is the lo moth found in tropical brazil? Wikipedia only lists it for NA but it has looks to have lots of cousins in brazil I have been sifting through them.

Edith
Edith 13 years ago

I agree with lori.tas it looks like an american lo moth (Automeri io)

Fun fact: These caterpillars get their toxicity from the plants.

lemco
lemco 13 years ago

A friend of mine says one of her kids at school touched one and he swelled up quite a bit. She knew of them and knew not to touch the but couldn't give me a name for it.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 13 years ago

Really neat Caterpillar. In the states we have to beware of white fuzzy ones because they can cause a nerve reaction if you rub against them.

lori.tas
lori.tas 13 years ago

It makes me think of a type Saturniid moth caterpillar. Similar to the Io moth, but that is only in North America.

lemco
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Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Spotted on Sep 12, 2009
Submitted on Mar 4, 2011

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