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Marvellous moths !
A gallery of
photographs taken by Adrian Hoskins
It is wrong to think of
butterflies and moths as being different things. They are simply
unscientific terms we use to differentiate between certain groups
of families within the Lepidoptera. The families we classify as
butterflies are the Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae,
Riodinidae, Lycaenidae and Nymphalidae, all of which have clubbed
tips to the antennae, and most of which fly during the daytime.
Moths are generally supposed to be dull in colour, have unclubbed
antennae, and fly at night. There are however many moths which
have clubbed antennae ( Zygaenidae, Castniidae ), a huge number
which fly in sunlight ( Arctiidae, Lasiocampidae, Zygaenidae,
Castniidae etc ), and many which have bright colours and patterns
that would put most butterflies to shame.
Click on the links below to access the thumbnail galleries which
depict hundreds of fascinating and beautiful moths from around the
world.
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