Moths prefer the night, but it is not uncommon to find a sluggish moth out during the day. Moths rest with their wings horizontally pressed against their bodies. Moths have a hairy appearance on their bodies. Moths have tiny hooks or bristles which link the fore wing to the hind wing, butterflies do not. Butterflies Butterflies have knobbed antennae.
Butterflies are daytime creatures.
Butterflies rest their wings vertically clapped above their bodies. Butterflies do not have a hairy appearance on their bodies. Butterflies do not have tiny hooks or bristles which link the fore wing to the hind wing, a feature only moth's have.