Automeris tridens 

(Saturniidae)

Host plant: Various
 
Caterpillar Description

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Determined by: Dyer/Wagner

 

LIFE HISTORY DATA

Rearing results and development time
As of Oct. 2001, N=11: 9 eclosed, 2 died
Time as pupa: 24-29 days (N=3)

Host plants
Boraginaceae: Cordia alliodora
Cecropiaceae: Cecropia obtusifolia
Euphorbiaceae: Hyeronima alchorneoides
Leguminosae: Pithecellobium longifolium, Senna fruticosa
Meliaceae: Carapa nicaraguensis
Verbenaceae

Parasitoids

 

Predators

 

Observations and comments

 Spines are urticating.

Voucher location

 Tulane University