Insects · La Saladita, Guerrero

Lonomia Caterpillar

Lonomia electra

Spanish: Oruga asesina

Lonomia Caterpillar (Lonomia electra)
Photographed by eduardo_axel on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC · taken in Huejutla de Reyes, Hgo., México, not near La Saladita

Lonomia Caterpillar (Lonomia electra) is listed in the site's insects guide, but no research-grade iNaturalist observation places it within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones).

TaxonomyInsecta › Lepidoptera › Saturniidae
Local recordsNot recorded by research-grade iNaturalist observations within about 50 km; listed from the site's curated guide
Global records179 on iNaturalist

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Cite as: “Lonomia Caterpillar (Lonomia electra) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/lonomia-electra/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.