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How to pronounce order lepidoptera in English?

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hello I've traveled to the lower Doan
Valley National Nature Reserve to
encounter some of its mysterious
nocturnal inhabitants moths
however because I'm pretty impatient I'm
not gonna go searching for them I'm
gonna bring them offs to me using the
power of light
sneaky this is a moth trap a giant
plastic box with a bulb on top let's see
what happens when we leave it on and
wait for it to get dark
as you can see there are plenty of moths
fluttering around like butterflies of
the night which raises an important
question about these creatures just what
is the difference between a moth and a
butterfly at the adult stage let's find
out the short answer is that there isn't
one moths and butterflies are both part
of the order Lepidoptera but their
division is largely a subjective one
well that answers that question
time for some jaffa cakes nighty-night
a little bit embarrassing david says we
need to do the long answer the question
as well and as he's the boss I guess we
should give it a shot the first thing I
should say is that you can't make any
conclusion as to whether it's a moth or
a butterfly based on whether it's flying
by day or a night in the UK there are
more species of day flying moth than
there are species of butterfly some
butterflies such as red Admirals can
even migrate at night
you also can't go by color moths are
often thought to be small brown and
boring and here are a few clips of my
favorites boring Brown moths so what
does that leave us with wings
specifically the wing resting position
generally butterflies rest with wings
out flat or closed above them moths tend
to hold theirs over their back like a
tent there are exceptions and one of the
most obvious of the skipper butterflies
which looked like a halfway house
between butterflies and moths
next look at the body size generally
butterflies have thin dainty bodies
compared with the chunkier sometimes
hairier bodies of moths the bodies of
moths can sometimes verge on resembling
a small mammal also take a close look at
the antennae european butterflies have
clubbed antennae which end in a blob
technical term there
moths generally have fin antenna
tapering to a point or in the case of
males
feder than 10a the feathering increases
the surface area for detecting
pheromones chemical signals from the
females that broadcast a message of boy
over here stupid as usual there are
exceptions with the most obvious one
being the day flying Burnet moths
finally a key difference is one you'll
never see unless you dissect your
specimen which we don't recommend as
they tend not to enjoy it in most moths
behind wings have joined to the four
wings by a hook like structure called a
friendly l'm butterflies don't have this
apart from one exception a skipper in
Australia so in conclusion if you can't
decide where it's a butterfly or a moth
look at the wings the body size and
hairiness and the antennae and that
should help you reach a conclusion well
that was the short and long answer to
the issue of moths versus butterflies
but regardless of how we classify them
the moths don't care they just carry on
being incredible that's all from me and
my Muffy friends until next time

hello I've traveled to the lower Doan

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order lepidoptera::noun | Spocien Dictionary

order lepidoptera

noun

moths and butterflies

Type	Words
Synonyms	lepidoptera
Type of	animal order

How to pronounce order lepidoptera in English?

order lepidoptera::noun | Spocien Dictionary

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