Butterfly Watch: Differences in moths and butterflies

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, April 6, 2010

  • Butterflies fly and feed during the day. Most moths fly and feed at night.
  • When at rest butterflies hold their wings one way—usually straight up over their bodies, while moths either fold down over their bodies, fold like a tent over their bodies, or rest with their wings extended.
  • Almost all butterflies have knoblike clubs or nodules at the end of their antennae.
  • Their are 2 super families of butterfly—true butterfly and skippers.

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