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Natal Io moth
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Io moth

Automeris io
Ko faati e innde ndee: The name Io comes from Greek mythology, in which Io was a mortal lover of Zeus.1
Ina muusi tanWota a meemIna muusi, kono ɓetataa ma no feewi.
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli Leɓɓe jukkoojeIna ñaama: Puɗɗi
Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

The Io moth is a colourful moth from North America. Its adults are striking, with large eyespots on their wings. Its green caterpillars carry spines that release a very painful venom, so they should be left alone.1

Ina wuuri e
Southern Canada and the eastern and central United States, from Manitoba and Ontario down to southern Florida.1
Amerik Rewo
Hello arano
Caterpillars feed on many trees and shrubs, including oak, maple, willow, mulberry, beech and ash. People are most likely to meet the caterpillars on these plants.1
Juuteendi
6,3 cm haa 8,8 cm (2,5 in haa 3,5 in)1
Yaawde ɓurnde
hedde 0,03 km/h (0,02 mph)
E leydi yoornde, miijo
Hol ko ngal ñaamata?
The caterpillars eat the leaves of many host plants. Adult moths do not eat, as they have vestigial mouthparts.1
Goonga!Natal Io moth
Io moth. Natal: Trevor Edmonson. CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

No anndirte ngal

  • Males have bright yellow forewings, body and legs, and much bigger feathery antennae than females.1
  • Females have reddish-brown to purple forewings, body and legs.1
  • Both sexes have one large black to bluish eyespot with some white in the centre on each hindwing.1
  • Mature caterpillars are bright green and covered in spines, with two lateral stripes: the upper one bright red and the lower one white.1
  • Adults have a wingspan of 6.3 to 8.8 cm.1

Doole tooke

Leɓɓe jukkooje

Leɓɓe tokooso ina pelloo e nguru, ina njukka.

Hol ko tooke ŋatgol mum waɗata?

The spines of the green caterpillars release a very painful venom at the slightest touch. Contact is not life-threatening to humans, but it irritates the skin and causes an acute skin inflammation called erucism.1

Hol no bone mum heewiri e yimɓe?

Bone e yimɓe: MuusɗoIna waawi muusde sanne, kono hertaani wonde huunde mawnde.

Contact with the spines is not life-threatening to humans, but it causes painful skin irritation.1

Hol ko ngal waɗata so ina hula?

When sitting head-down or when touched, adults shake and expose their hindwing eyespots. Caterpillars defend themselves with stinging spines.1

So a meemii leɓɓe mum

  • Ngam leɓɓe ngooɓuuli jukkooje: ittu ɗe e skots ɓataaɗo, refti loot nguru ngu. Wota a moomtu.
  • Ngam ŋatgol: loot nokku oo, ɓuuɓnu. Heɓ ballal cafrol so neɗɗo oo ina wiya wonaa e jam, walla ina ƴiiɗa ko newii.

Adii fof noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wonaa saaraangal doktoor. Ko adii e ballal adiingal

Reen hoore maa

  • Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a ñiŋŋu kullal ladde haa abada, hay so ngal ina famɗi, hay so ina nanndi e ɗaaniingal walla maayngal.
  • Accu ngal nokku. So a fotti e ngal, deƴƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
  • So a meemii leɓɓe mum: deƴƴu, wota a dillu, noddu nimero urgence (112, 000, 911) walla yahu opitaal law. Jogo e hakkille no ngal nanndi, natal ina walla.

Ngal faalaaka gaañde ma. Ina huutoroo tooke mum ngam nanngude ñaamdu walla reenaade, ina ɓuri yiɗde suuɗaade. Ɓeydu anndude no reentortoo

Hol no mawniri?

Hol no juutiri?

Io moth hedde 8,8 cm juutde (3,5 in)Ñippirde kaayitaaje hedde 3 cm (1,2 in)Telefon mo smart hedde 15 cm (5,9 in)
juutde no kaaɗe mahirɗe 3 ɗaɓɓondiraaɗeɓuri kokiyaas ngesa leelde

Hol no Io moth mawniri, so fooɗondiraama e AN?

Limgal tan e navigatoor maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee.

Hol no yaawiri?

moƴƴi anndude

Humpito

1

The caterpillars' spines are urticating, meaning they can cause a stinging reaction on contact.1

2

Adults live only 1 to 2 weeks and do not eat during this stage.1

3

After emerging from the cocoon, adults inflate their furled wings with fluid pumped from the body, which takes about twenty minutes.1

4

Females attract males by releasing wind-borne scent chemicals (pheromones) from a gland at the end of the abdomen.1

5

Many flies and wasps are parasitoids of this moth, laying their eggs in or on it.1

Ngam ganduɓe tooke

Innde ganndal
Automeris io
Fedde
Ngooɓuuli e ɓuuɓuuli
Ɓesngu
Saturniidae2
Ordre
Lepidoptera
Leyɗe mawɗe
Amerik Rewo
Ɓiɓɓe tokooso
Females lay clusters of more than twenty small white eggs on leaves. The eggs hatch within 8 to 11 days.1
Hol no ngal woniri e ladde
Not evaluated by the IUCN Red List and has no special status on the US Federal List. Populations in the eastern US are declining and becoming more localised.1
Bone e yimɓe
2 / 5: Muusɗo3

Ɗo humpito iwri

  1. Automeris io (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
  2. Automeris io (iNaturalist): inɗe e ceergal.
  3. Venom Wiki: tolno bone, mawnude heewnde e miijo yaawde ko amen. Yiy no men keɓirta ɗum: No men tolnirta bone.

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