MYN / Joao P. Burini / Saturniid moth (Automeris or Pseudoautomeris sp) moth with false eyes display, Tapirai, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Atlantic forest. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Ingo Arndt / Moth (Automeris zurobara) detail of false eye spot on wing, Europe

Doug Wechsler / Io moth caterpillar (Automeris io) with shed exuvium, Pennsylvania, USA, September.

Robert Thompson / Saturniid moth (Automeris excreta) camouflaged in leaf litter, Guatemala.

Robert Thompson / Saturniid moth (Automeris excreta) female, Guatemala.

Robert Thompson / Saturniid moth (Automeris excreta) female, Guatemala.

Robert Thompson / Zephyr eyed silkmoth (Automeris zephyria) resting, Sandia Mountains, Bernalillo, New Mexico, USA. May.

Robert Thompson / Zephyr eyed silkmoth (Automeris zephyria) caterpillars (third instar) feeding on a leaf, New Mexico, USA. August.

Ingo Arndt / Saturniid moth caterpillar with defence spines {Automeris amanda} Argentina, South America

Ingo Arndt / Moon moth caterpillar with defence spines {Automeris chaconia} Peru

Ingo Arndt / Saturniid moth caterpillar feeding on leaf {Automeris zozine} Costa Rica, Central America

Ingo Arndt / Saturniid moth caterpillar with defence spines {Automeris zozine} Costa Rica