I didn’t get much trying to read the wiki, but I did find a link to that other site 🤮 that goes into it from an entomology perspective, and I lived the response to the top comment
So by looking at that phylogenetic tree, I’ve come to understand that butterflies are just a subgroup of moths that we arbitrarily call butterflies?
Not being a biology nerd makes all that rather confusing lol, so the layman’s summary-as-a-question really helped me
Butterfly wings stick out all showy and fluttery like they’re trying to make a fashion statement, moth wings are respectably tucked back in a no-nonsense businesslike appearance.
Butterflies seems to float and soar, moths make a focused beeline for their target.
Source: I read a book about bugs by Brendan Wenzel.
Could you elaborate? I’m actually curious.
You should go and read the introduction of the moth and the butterfly article on Wikipedia. They did better than I could.
Thank you, I shall do that.
I didn’t get much trying to read the wiki, but I did find a link to that other site 🤮 that goes into it from an entomology perspective, and I lived the response to the top comment
Not being a biology nerd makes all that rather confusing lol, so the layman’s summary-as-a-question really helped me
Butterfly wings stick out all showy and fluttery like they’re trying to make a fashion statement, moth wings are respectably tucked back in a no-nonsense businesslike appearance.
Butterflies seems to float and soar, moths make a focused beeline for their target.
Source: I read a book about bugs by Brendan Wenzel.