Cyril Ruoso / Io Moth (Automeris io) male on tree trunk showing false eyespots, southern Texas

Pete Oxford / Moth (Automeris sp) in defensive posture showing eyespots, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moth (Automeris sp) flashing eyespots in defense, Yasuni National Park, Amazon, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moth (Automeris sp) wings with false-eye spot, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moth (Automeris sp) wings with false-eye spots, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moth (Automeris sp), Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Moth (Automeris sp), Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Robert Thompson / Caterpillar larva of Moon / Bulls eye moth {Automeris sp} Madagascar

Kevin Schafer / Moth (Automeris sp) showing false eyespots on wings, Costa Rica

Thomas Marent / Moth (Automeris sp), Guyana

Thomas Marent / Moth (Automeris sp) caterpillar, with spines that can eject potent venom, Manu National Park, Peru

Thomas Marent / Moth (Automeris sp) caterpillar, with spines that can eject potent venom, Leticia, Colombia