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Butterflies

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The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.
Rabindranath Tagore

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Difference between Butterflies and Moths

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Monarch says: 20 Months Ago
Although butterflies and moths are very similar, they have many differences. Most butterflies fly during the day, and most moths fly during the night. The best way to identify a butterfly from a moth is to look at its antenna. A butterfly's antenna have knobs at the ends of their feelers, and the ends of the moth's antenna is either feather like or plain. Most butterflies rest with their wings held up above their bodies and most moths rest with their wings spread out flat. Typically butterflies have brightly colored wings and moths have dull colored wings. Most butterflies have slender, hairless bodies, while most moths have a fat abdomen and furry bodies. Butterflies form a chrysalis during the pupa stage of their lives. In moths, the chrysalis is normally contained inside a cocoon. Most moths have tiny hook or bristle hooking the forewings and hind wings together. Butterflies do not have this hook. Moths have existed about 100 million years longer than butterflies. So although butterflies and moths appear very much alike, there are quite a number of differences.
Kittkatt
Kittkatt says: 19 Months Ago
:o i dident know how to tell a diffrence poor butterfly i killed the other day thinking it was a moth >_< it was quite dull looking but still nows i feel bad.. no more killing butterflys now tht i know how to tell a diffrence thank you for posting this ☺☻♥
PrincessMyz
PrincessMyz says: 18 Months Ago
I didn't know you could have identified a butterfly from a moth by its antenna. Thanks for the info, next time I'll observe them more :) !!
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