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The butterfly flapping through the air is a heart-warming sight, but not many people know that butterflies don't actually 'flap' their wings to fly. They use much the same method of flight as birds. The wings, driven by the muscles in the thorax, move through the air in a figure-of-eight pattern, pushing air backwards from the body and thus providing forward motion. Some butterflies glide on air currents, while others have even managed to notch up speeds as fast as 40 kilometres per hour. However, butterflies can only fly if their body temperature reaches 25-30 . If the insect is too cold, the muscles powering flight do not work and it is for this reason that butterflies are daytime creatures, often seen basking in the sun atop flowers or rocks.

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well, as you can see moths die quickly and u dont see alot of them. which means they die early. here where i live are lots of butterflies and no moths. butterflies stay as a caterpillar for a longer period of time, longer than moths. and then when they transform into butterflies they also live longer than moths. i hope this helps. i mean i am a proffesional zoo keeper and here we have lots of butterflies roaming around. Please use this answer wisely and respect it.


what butterflies at a butterfly park is 8:4. The ratio of South American butterflies to European butterflies is 4:2. There are 64 North American butterflies at the butterfly park. How many butterflies are there?

There are 128 butterflies in total at the butterfly park. This is calculated based on the ratio of 8:4 for North American butterflies, which means for every 8 North American butterflies, there are 4 South American butterflies. Given there are 64 North American butterflies, the total number is doubled to include South American butterflies in a 1:2 ratio to European butterflies.


What is the of butterflies called?

As far as i can tell a rabble of butterflys or a swarm of butterflys is the answer ... go figure ???


Butterflies are the same size of what?

Butterflies can vary in size depending on the species. Some butterflies can be as small as a fingernail while others can have a wingspan of up to 12 inches.


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I don't think so, butterflies are insect which means they have an exoskeleton, and exoskeleton doesn't have pores.