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Saturniid Moth Caterpillar or Automeris Moth Caterpillar

Automeris sp

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Description:

Green caterpillar with black dots, covered with spines that look like small plants. About 6 cm long.

Habitat:

Oak forest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

gatorfellows 11 years ago

Io Moth

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9 Comments

Walter4 7 years ago

If you can give me the scientific name please send it to wgmosorio@yahoo.com, thank you very much urge me

LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you Cindy, Chief, Carol, António and nexttogone.

LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you bayucca for info.

LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thank you gatorfellows for the ID and the link.

nexttogone 11 years ago

Beautiful find!

AntónioGinjaGinja 11 years ago

great cache Luis,congrats and thanks for sharing

CarolSnowMilne 11 years ago

Oh wow! An Io moth caterpillar. This is great!

bayucca 11 years ago

Common name is not Io Moth, this is another one. I would call this one just: Saturniid Moth Caterpillar or Automeris Moth Caterpillar.

CindyBinghamKeiser 11 years ago

Very cool caterpillar, Luis!

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Spotted by
LuisStevens

San Luis Potosí, Mexico

Spotted on Oct 14, 2012
Submitted on Nov 16, 2012

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