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Io moth

Automeris io

名字的由来： The name Io comes from Greek mythology, in which Io was a mortal lover of Zeus.1

只是会疼不要触摸会疼，但不会对你造成严重伤害。

毛毛虫和虫子

蜇毛吃：植物

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

生活在

Southern Canada and the eastern and central United States, from Manitoba and Ontario down to southern Florida.1

北美洲

首页

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

长度

6.3 cm到8.8 cm (2.5 in到3.5 in)1

最高速度

约 0.03 公里/小时（0.02 英里/小时）

在陆地上, 粗略估计

它吃什么？

The caterpillars eat the leaves of many host plants. Adult moths do not eat, as they have vestigial mouthparts.1

Io moth的照片 — Io moth。照片：Trevor Edmonson。 CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist.

怎样认出它

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

毒液之力

蜇毛

细小的毛或刚毛会断在皮肤里并刺痛。

它的毒液会造成什么？

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

它对人有多危险？

对人的危险: 很疼可能真的很疼，但几乎从不严重。

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

它害怕时会做什么？

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

如果你碰到它的毛

被毛毛虫的蜇毛扎到：用胶带把毛粘掉，再清洗皮肤。不要揉。
被咬：清洗并冷敷。如果感到不适或容易出血，就去看医生。

一定先拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）。这里是一般急救指导，不是医疗建议。急救基础

注意安全

永远不要摸、抓或逗弄野生动物，即使是很小的，即使它看起来在睡觉或已经死了。
给它留出空间。如果遇到它，保持冷静，慢慢后退，让它走自己的路。
如果你碰到了它的毛：保持冷静，保持不动，拨打你的急救电话（112、000、911）或尽快去医院。记住它长什么样，拍张照片会有帮助。

它不是冲着你来的。它用毒液捕猎或保护自己，而且它更愿意躲起来。更多安全知识

在世界哪里？

非洲亚洲欧洲北美洲南美洲澳大利亚和大洋洲

它有多大？

它有多长？

和 3 块玩具积木排成一排一样长比花园蜗牛还慢

Io moth和你比起来有多大？

只是在你的浏览器里算一算。什么都不会被保存或发送到任何地方。

它有多快？

Io moth 约 0.03 公里/小时 (0.02 mph)

一只花园蜗牛 约 0.05 公里/小时 (0.03 mph)

一只陆龟 约 0.3 公里/小时 (0.19 mph)

值得了解

事实

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

给毒液专家

学名: Automeris io
类别: 毛毛虫和虫子
家人: Saturniidae2
排序: Lepidoptera
大洲: 北美洲
宝宝: Females lay clusters of more than twenty small white eggs on leaves. The eggs hatch within 8 to 11 days.1
它在野外过得怎么样: 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
对人的危险: 2 / 5: 很疼3