Butterfly+Research

** Butterflies and moths are alike! **

 * == Part of a group of insects called Lepidoptera. ==
 * == They have long tongues that uncoil when they eat. ==
 * == The patterns on their wings help with camouflage. ==
 * == They have 3 main body parts: head, thorax and abdomen. ==
 * == Wings are made with colorful scales. ==


 * Butterflies and moths are different! **
 * ** Butterflies ** ||  ** Moths **  ||
 * Body is skinny and smooth.  ||   Body is fatter and hairy.   ||
 * More active during the day.  ||   More active at night.   ||
 * Wings are colorful.  ||   Wings on aren’t so colorful.   ||
 * Have knobs on the ends.  ||   Feathery antennas.   ||
 * Forms a chrysalis during the pupa stage.  ||   Forms a silk cocoon during the pupa stage.   ||
 * When resting, wings are closed.  ||   When resting, wings are flat and open.   ||