butterflies and moths
Butterflies and Moths Do you look outside in the spring time and see things come to life? ... Among the list, which continues, moths and butterflies are immensely mind-boggling. ... Moths make up 80 percent and have been here for about 140 million years, butterflies only make up 20 percent and have been here for about 40 million years. Butterflies and moths are both insects. ... Physically, butterflies and moths are different in many ways. ... The bodies of moths tend to be hairy, meanwhile, butterflies relax with upward- faced wings, while the moths extend theirs. Moths also have hooks or bristles, called “frenulis,” to link the forewing to the hind, holding them together. ... Butterflies smell and breath through a series of orifices on the side of their bodies called “spiracles. ... Butterflies sense of smell comes from their antennae, legs and palps (snouts) as well. ... Interestingly, moths and butterflies are ectothermic. ... Butterflies and Moths have different ways of regulating body temperature. ... Butterflies have bigger wing surface than moths because they use the sun to increase their body temperature. ... However, moths are active during the night and cannot make use of the sun’s heat. To make up for the lack of solar energy, moths have hairs on their body to use as insulation. ... Moths have many defense mechanisms that help protect them from predators. For example, some moths have ears. Moths with ears have a much better chance of escaping predation than the others. Some moths also make a certain noise that advertises their bad taste. Although butterflies have no way to detect sound or make noise, they are able to advertise their bad taste through the use of aposematism. ... Caterpillars as well as butterflies and moths have many natural enemies such as birds, spiders, reptiles, flies, wasps and mites. ... The eyes are much less developed than those of butterflies. ... Butterflies have a combination of compound and simple eyes.