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Updated as per Lemaire's Hemileucinae 2002, February 5, 2007 Updated as per personal communication with Andres Urbas (French Guiana, March 31, April6, 2011); April 18, 2011 Updated as per Uwe Kauz (French Guiana; larva and female; foodplant: Fagus); November 28, 2013 |
Automeris watsoni courtesy of Bernhard Wenczel.
TAXONOMY:Superfamily: Bombycoidea, Latreille, 1802 |
"Someone to Watch Over Me" |
Automeris watsoni male, French Guiana,
March 31, 2011, courtesy of Andres Urbas.
Automeris watsoni male, French Guiana,
April 6, 2011, courtesy of Andres Urbas.
Automeris watsoni male, French Guiana,
reared on beech (Fagus), courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
The eyespot pupil is relatively small in both sexes, and there is some white scaling along the postmedial line near the apex on an otherwise almost uniformly coloured forewing.
ECLOSION, SCENTING AND MATING:Males use their more highly developed antennae to seek out females who release an airbourne pheromone into the night sky.Automeris watsoni male, French Guiana, courtesy of Carlot Didier. |
Automeris watsoni female, French Guiana,
reared on beech (Fagus), courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
Automeris watsoni final instar, French Guiana,
reared on beech (Fagus), courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
Automeris watsoni final instar, French Guiana,
reared on beech (Fagus), courtesy of Uwe Kauz.
Fagus ....... (UK) | Beech |
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