The insects are coming

On a sunny day (Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:45:30 +0100 (BST)) it happened "Rodney
Pont" <mlist4@infohit.me.uk> wrote in
<nfcnzbgcqvasbuvgzrhx.psznju0.pminews@ouse.infohit.me.uk>:

On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:09:52 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Jan Panteltje wrote:
The insects are coming:
http://panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_plus_bumblebee_IMG_6977.JPG
http://www.panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_IMG_6981.JPG
not bad Canon A470 full zoom hold in hand from a meter or so away.

It's a moth actually. When butterflies land they put their wings up
together like praying hands. Moths land with their wings spread flat
like that.

No, it's a butterfly. Butterflies often sit with their wings open
soaking up the sun. To be exact it's a painted lady:

https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=cardui

Nice
Thank you
 
Rodney Pont wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:09:52 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Jan Panteltje wrote:
The insects are coming:
http://panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_plus_bumblebee_IMG_6977.JPG
http://www.panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_IMG_6981.JPG
not bad Canon A470 full zoom hold in hand from a meter or so away.

It's a moth actually. When butterflies land they put their wings up
together like praying hands. Moths land with their wings spread flat
like that.

No, it's a butterfly. Butterflies often sit with their wings open
soaking up the sun. To be exact it's a painted lady:

https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=cardui

Is there a general distinction then?
 
On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 4:46:07 AM UTC-4, Rodney Pont wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:09:52 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Jan Panteltje wrote:
The insects are coming:
http://panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_plus_bumblebee_IMG_6977.JPG
http://www.panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_IMG_6981.JPG
not bad Canon A470 full zoom hold in hand from a meter or so away.

It's a moth actually. When butterflies land they put their wings up
together like praying hands. Moths land with their wings spread flat
like that.

No, it's a butterfly. Butterflies often sit with their wings open
soaking up the sun. To be exact it's a painted lady:

https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=cardui

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Right, I think you look at the antenna. Butterflies have knobby ends,
moths are feathery.

George H.
 
Jan Panteltje <pNaOnStPeAlMtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

"Rodney Pont" <mlist4@infohit.me.uk> wrote
Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Jan Panteltje wrote:

The insects are coming:
http://panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_plus_bumblebee_IMG_6977.JPG
http://www.panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_IMG_6981.JPG not bad
Canon A470 full zoom hold in hand from a meter or so away.

It's a moth actually. When butterflies land they put their
wings up together like praying hands. Moths land with their
wings spread flat like that.

No, it's a butterfly. Butterflies often sit with their wings open
soaking up the sun. To be exact it's a painted lady:

https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=cardui

Nice Thank you

It's definitely an "insect".
 
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 07:17:31 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
<fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com> wrote:

Rodney Pont wrote:
On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:09:52 -0400, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Jan Panteltje wrote:
The insects are coming:
http://panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_plus_bumblebee_IMG_6977.JPG
http://www.panteltje.com/pub/butterfly_IMG_6981.JPG
not bad Canon A470 full zoom hold in hand from a meter or so away.

It's a moth actually. When butterflies land they put their wings up
together like praying hands. Moths land with their wings spread flat
like that.

No, it's a butterfly. Butterflies often sit with their wings open
soaking up the sun. To be exact it's a painted lady:

https://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=cardui

Is there a general distinction then?
Many. Moths are nocturnal (butterflies are active in the daytime).
Moths make cocoons, butterflies make chrysalises. Moths have broad
hairy bodies, butterflies are thinner and smoother (this one looked
like a moth, here). The antennae were covered already.
 

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