The moth's eggs are light greenish yellow in the shape of a barrel; they are placed in suitable host plants.

During the larval phase they are nocturnal, and they feed on leaves of shrubs and several woody trees.

The larvae are covered by pointed hollow spines (spicules), the venom is injected into any intruder when fixed on the skin and broken.

[2] It is found in South America, in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

However, the main mechanism of L. achelous envenomation is intense fibrinolysis, as suggested by the prolonged eugoblin lysis time seen in almost all patients.