Io Moth
Automeris io
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This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Deer, Arkansas
Lavaca, Arkansas
Brooksville, Florida
Cape Coral, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida(2 reports)
Jacksonville, Florida(4 reports)
Lutz, Florida
Naples, Florida
Venice, Florida
Blanchard, Michigan
Milford, Michigan
Cole Camp, Missouri
Washington, New Hampshire
Argyle, New York
Bowling Green, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania
Ladson, South Carolina
Crossville, Tennessee
Ellendale, Tennessee
Houston, Texas
League City, Texas
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Cambium
Yes, those spines can sting. I barely brushed one & my knuckle tingled for quite a while afterward.
These caterpillars make a web-like cocoon, not pretty at all. Not only finding their beige, webbed cocoon on nearby items such as blocks, but I've found them on the bush where they used a leaf to wrap the outer part of their cocoon. I've also found them just at the surface of soil with the webbing covered with debris.
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Larvae are gregarious in early instars, then become solitary. While gregarious, they form a long train to move from leaf to leaf or to a different branch.
Their host plants include birches, clover, corn, elms, maples, oaks, willows, redbud, and many other plants.
The Io can have up to 4 generations in southern Florida and Texas but only 1 generation in the north.