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How Can You Tell a Moth from a Butterfly? Antennas!
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hairstreak

In these three images you can see first a butterfly's antennae in the Striped Hairstreak (Satyrium liparops). They are thin and have a little bulge on the end. They are called "knobbed" antennae. Moths have two main types of antennas - one is on is a Wooly Bear Moth (from a Wooly Bear Caterpillar - prob Isia spp.). Its antennae are just straight and thin - no knobs. Then the Luna Moth (Actias luna) has the beautiful feathered antennae found on some species of moths - especially in the males.

wolly adult

 

wooly adult