Moths tend to rest wings appart, butterflies with wings folded together.
Swallowtail Moth
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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esc27@lemmy.world 11 months ago
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
pick third option “essential pollinators”
Una@europe.pub 11 months ago
Aren’t moths butterflies on a night shift
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 11 months ago
How dare you. Moths are much older, maybe 100 million years. There are 180000 species of moths vs about 16000 of butterflies. Moths are also incredibly efficient at pollinating, perhaps moreso than bees even. In short, moths rule.
gobble_ghoul@hexbear.net 11 months ago
Nope, butterflies are moths on day shift from an evolutionary perspective.
latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I wanted to say “motherfly,” then realisation struck.
kronarbob@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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NichtElias@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I like how this implies that butterfly isn’t made up of “butter” and “fly”, but of “butt” and “erfly”
prettybunnys@piefed.social 11 months ago
which also implies the opposite genetic cross would be a buttmoth