Automeris incarnata males

Cundinamarca (Colombia)

T. Decaëns & D. Bonilla

Automeris incarnata, 1^st instar larvas

Automeris incarnata, 2^nd instar larvas

Automeris incarnata, 3^rd instar larvas

Automeris incarnata, 4^th instar larvas

Automeris incarnata, 4^th instar larvas showing their defense behaviour

Automeris incarnata, 5^th instar larva

Automeris incarnata, 6^th instar larva

Automeris incarnata cocoons

in Ligustrum vulgare leaves

Food plants:  Polyphagous, accept several plants in captivity, like e.g. Ligustrum sp. and Robinia pseudoacacia. All the larvas of the photos were reared on Ligustrum vulgare by T. Decaëns in Rouen (France).