Moths and Butterflies

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Moths and Butterflies
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Body Parts of a Butterfly

• Head
• Proboscis
• Eyes
• Antennae
• Thorax
• Wings
• Legs
• Abdomen

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Head

• The antennae are used to smell food
• The eyes contain many tiny lenses
• The proboscis is a long mouth used to drink
  nectar

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Thorax

• Four wings and six legs grow from the thorax
• Wings are covered with bright powdery scales that
  fall off with every flight and fade in the sun.
• Butterflies smell with their feet

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Abdomen

• This area contains little holes called spiracles
  that allow the butterfly to breathe

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Life Cycle
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Egg
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Caterpillar
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Pupa or Cocoon
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Adult
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Butterfly or Moth?

• Butterflies fly during day, moths at night
• Butterflies have brighter colors
• Moths have fuzzier bodies
• At rest, butterflies fold their wings and moths
  open them up
• Butterflies have knobs on their antennas, moths
  sometimes have feathery ones

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Butterflies of Utah
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Monarch
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Silvery Blue
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Southwestern Sister
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Swallowtail
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Colorado Hairstreak
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Common Buckeye
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Summer Azure
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Alphabet Butterflies