What is the difference between butterflies and moths?
Butterflies and moths belong to the same order of insects called lepidoptera which means scaly wings in Latin. In that order, there are families that are classified as butterflies and others as moths. This is a rather general and unscientific classification. Butterflies tend to be brightly colored, fly by day and have clubbed antennae. Moths usually fly by night and have feathery or thread-like antennae. There are exceptions to all these characteristics. North of Mexico, there are about 760 species of butterflies and over 10,000 species of moths. Mexico has about 2000 butterfly species. I’m doing a school project; tell me everything you know about butterflies. I get requests like this all the time, usually with the due date in a couple of days. That is a lot of information. There are many of books out there on butterflies and moths at all levels. Try your local library. Don’t use the internet as a main source of information though surfing the web is a lot more fun than looking for book
