Moths

Moths are so varied it is hard to give a general description. They can be distinguished from butterflies by several features. Butterfly antennae have little clubs at the tips, whereas moths lack the club, having either filamentous or feathery antennae. Butterflies usually fly during the day and moths at night. Some butterflies are crepuscular though and will sometimes come to lights at night, and many moths are day-flying. Most butterflies have thin bodies, devoid of the dense covering of hairs found on the thick-set bodies of moths. There are exceptions to this too. Butterflies generally hold their wings above their bodies when at rest. Moths tend to hold the horizontal, flat against the substrate. You guessed it! - there are exceptions to this rule.