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Bird Hawk moth is one, moths are always found on the 

 wing at dusk, or at night, whereas butterflies take their 

 flight by day. Secondly, the moth either folds its wings 

 close to its side or else spreads them out flat. The 

 butterfly, when at rest, as a rule keeps its wings straight 

 up, face to face, or else keeps up a fluttering motion, 

 continually putting them in this position. Thirdly, the 

 body of a butterfly is small at the waist, while that of the 

 moth is larger, and of a more uniform size. The antennae 

 are the most distinctive feature, those of the moth being 

 fine and long, and having no knob at the end. In some 

 species they are short and finely feathered the whole 

 length, terminating in a sharp point ; this feature is 

 generally distinctive of the male sex ; the Rufescens 

 moth being an example. The Skipper family have an- 

 tenn86 like the butterfly, but the body of a moth. 



The butterfly or moth lays its ^gg (not more than a 

 pin's head in size) on that particular plant or tree on 

 which the caterpillar, that it will shortly become, feeds. 

 These look of much the same form to the Daked eye, but 

 when magnified they are seen to be of many different 

 shapes, some being conical, others round, angular and 



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