Nettling Insects 



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even corn leaves. It is to be found throughout the Eastern and 

 Southern United States. 



Automeris io is the best known of the nettling caterpillars. It is 

 the larva of the Io moth, one of the Saturniidas. The mature cater- 



33&. Io moth. Pull grown larva. Photograph by M. V. S. 



33c. lomoth. Adult. Photograph by M. V. S. 



pillar, (fig. 33), which reaches a length of two and one-half inches, is 

 of a beautiful pale green with sublateral stripes of cream and red color 

 and a few black spines among the green ones. The green radiating 

 spines give the body a mossy appearance. They are tipped with a 



