Io moth
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

Otú ị ga-esi mata ya
- 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
Ike nsị
Obere ajị ma ọ bụ mkpu na-agbaji n'akpụkpọ ahụ, na-agbakwa agba.
Gịnị ka nsị ọ na-agba na-eme?
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
Kedu otú o si dị egwu nye mmadụ?
Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ: Na-afụ ụfụỌ nwere ike ịfụ ụfụ nke ukwuu, mana ọ naghị adịkarị njọ.Contact with the spines is not life-threatening to humans, but it causes painful skin irritation.1
Gịnị ka ọ na-eme mgbe ụjọ tụrụ ya?
When sitting head-down or when touched, adults shake and expose their hindwing eyespots. Caterpillars defend themselves with stinging spines.1
Ọ bụrụ na i metụ ajị ya aka
- Maka ajị ikpuru na-agba agba: jiri teepu na-arapara arapara wepụ ha, wee saa akpụkpọ ahụ. Ehichala ya.
- Maka ịta: saa ya, mee ka ọ jụọ oyi. Chọọ enyemaka ọgwụ ma ọ bụrụ na ahụ adịghị onye ahụ mma ma ọ bụ na ọbara na-agba ya ngwa ngwa.
Na-ebu ụzọ kpọọ nọmba mberede gị mgbe niile (112, 000, 911). Nke a bụ ndụmọdụ enyemaka mbụ n'ozuzu, ọ bụghị ndụmọdụ ọgwụ. Isi ihe enyemaka mbụ
Nọrọ na nchekwa
- Emetụla anụ ọhịa aka, ejidela ya, emekwala ya ihe ọjọọ, ọbụna obere, ọbụna ma ọ dị ka ọ na-ehi ụra ma ọ bụ nwụọ anwụ.
- Nye ya ohere. Ọ bụrụ na ị zutere otu, dị jụụ, laghachi azụ nwayọ, hapụ ya ka ọ gaa ụzọ ya.
- Ọ bụrụ na i metụ ajị ya aka: dị jụụ, emegharịla ahụ, kpọọ nọmba mberede gị (112, 000, 911) ma ọ bụ gaa ụlọ ọgwụ ngwa ngwa. Cheta ka o si dị, foto na-enye aka.
Ọ naghị achụ gị. Ọ na-eji nsị ya ejide nri ma ọ bụ chebe onwe ya, ọ ga-akakwa mma n'anya ya ịzo onwe ya. Ihe ndị ọzọ gbasara ịnọ na nchekwa
Ọ hà aṅaa?
Kedu otú o si dị ogologo?
dị ogologo dị ka blọk egwuregwu 3 n'ahịrị
nwayọ karịa ejula ubiKedu otú Io moth si hà ma e jiri ya tụnyere GỊ?
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Eziokwu
The caterpillars' spines are urticating, meaning they can cause a stinging reaction on contact.1
Adults live only 1 to 2 weeks and do not eat during this stage.1
After emerging from the cocoon, adults inflate their furled wings with fluid pumped from the body, which takes about twenty minutes.1
Females attract males by releasing wind-borne scent chemicals (pheromones) from a gland at the end of the abdomen.1
Many flies and wasps are parasitoids of this moth, laying their eggs in or on it.1
Maka ndị ọkachamara nsị
- Aha sayensị
- Automeris io
- Otu
- Ikpuru ajị na ụmụ ahụhụ
- Ezinụlọ
- Saturniidae2
- Usoro
- Lepidoptera
- Kọntinent dị iche iche
- Ugwu Amerika
- Ụmụ ọhụrụ
- Females lay clusters of more than twenty small white eggs on leaves. The eggs hatch within 8 to 11 days.1
- Otú ọ na-eme n'ọhịa
- 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
- Ihe ize ndụ nye mmadụ
- 2 / 5: Na-afụ ụfụ3
Ebe eziokwu ndị a si
- Automeris io (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Automeris io (iNaturalist): aha na nhazi ọkwa.
- Venom Wiki: ọkwa ihe ize ndụ, nha nkịtị na nchepụta ọsọ bụ nke anyị. Lee otú anyị si achọpụta ha: Otú anyị si atụ ihe ize ndụ.
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