#3133 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Io Moth

Automeris io

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Anita · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Stephen Cresswell · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Eric Isley · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Joe MDO · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Ray Simpson · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © A. Rector · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Ann Cooper · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Trevor Edmonson · CC BY 4.0
9. © Lucas Garriga · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Nick Tobler (Cowturtle) · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Automeris io ( Io moth ) is a colorful North American moth in the family Saturniidae. It ranges from the southeast corner of Manitoba and in the southern extremes of Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick in Canada, and in the US it is found from Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, east of those states and down to the southern end of Florida.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 34,421iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
34,421 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775 (251 years ago).