Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Io Moth (male)

Automeris io

Description:

One of the most beautiful moths in North America, the Io Moth is an amazing blend of yellows, reds, browns, and blues!

Notes:

Mothapalooza 2014—Brookside Haven

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

8 Comments

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 9 years ago

Thank you very much Lizzy, James, and Chris!

chris17
chris17 9 years ago

Wow! What beautiful colors this guy has

James McNair
James McNair 9 years ago

I love these moths. Anyone else see ET's face peeking from behind the wings? LOL

Annelies
Annelies 9 years ago

It looks so fuzzy! What a beautiful critter :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 9 years ago

Thank you very much, Kathleen! I was elated to see this at Mothapalooza!

I would love to see this one!

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 9 years ago

Thank you so much, António! I was so glad to see this one, especially with the eyespots displayed!

These ones are simply gorgeous J,super spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing

Jacob Gorneau
Spotted by
Jacob Gorneau

Corning, Ohio, United States

Spotted on Jun 27, 2014
Submitted on Jul 1, 2014

Related Spottings

Automeris Silkmoth Automeris illustris Automeris naranja Automeris Moth Caterpillar

Nearby Spottings

Leconte's Haploa Pecanleaf Casebearer Tulip-tree Beauty Dead-wood Borer
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team