Here's Looking at You

Allen E. Rhodes

This io moth (Automeris io), which has a wing span of 5 cm (about 2 inches), was resting on a window screen of a building on a ranch in northeast La Salle County, Texas. When the screen was jostled, the moth spread its wings, exposing the colorful under wings with their "eyes."

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