Peacock Butterfly
the Vanessa io, a beautiful butterfly, two and one-half, or two and three-quarter inches across the wings, which are a dull, deep red, each with an eye-like spot. Larva spiny, black, with many white dots. It is seen in numbers, on the tops of nettles, in June and July. The perfect insect in numbers, appears in August, lives through the winter, and is seen in March and April.