How are the dragonfly and butterfly different?

Answer 1

Birds have bones; butterflies don't have bones. Butterflies have an exoskeleton; birds have an endoskeleton. Birds have feathers; butterflies have scales. Birds have two wings; Butterflies have four. Birds have two legs; butterflies have six. Birds have beaks; butterflies have antennae.

Answer 2

A dragonfly is a type of insect belonging to the order Odonata, the suborder Epiprocta or, in the strict sense, the infraorder Anisoptera. It is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are similar to damselflies, but the adults can be differentiated by the fact that the wings of most dragonflies are held away from, and perpendicular to, the body when at rest. Even though dragonflies possess 6 legs like any other insect, they are not capable of walking.

Dragonflies are valuable predators that eat mosquitoes, and other small insects like flies, bees, ants, and butterflies. They are usually found around lakes, ponds, streams and wetlands because their larvae, known as "nymphs", are aquatic.

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A butterfly is any of several groups of mainly day-flying insects of the order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, butterflies' life cycle consists of four parts, egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight.

Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea), the skippers (superfamily Hesperioidea) and the moth-butterflies (superfamily Hedyloidea); all the very many other families within the Lepidoptera are referred to as moths. Butterflies exhibit polymorphism, mimicry and aposematism. Some migrate over long distances. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. Butterflies are important economically as agents of pollination. In addition, a few species are pests, because in their larval stages they can damage domestic crops or trees.

Answer 3

The difference is really easy to tell........ Butterflies have a pair of big wings and feed themslves with necter...... Dragonflies have a skinner body and two pair of long but narrow wings.....

Butterfly's wings are colorful while Dragonfly's body is colorful.......

Dragonflies can and do hover while beating their wings rapidly. Butterflies are more easily influenced by the breezes.

Answer 4

Because a Dragonflies has Fixed wings which means they fly a Different way then Butterflies

Answer 5

the difference between a firefly and a dragonfly is that fireflies glow and dragonflies dont

Answer 6

Dragonfly wings are transparent with light yellow ends and they have stigma and nodus. Butterfly wings have hind wing, forewing, and wing veins.

Answer 7

Butterflies and dragonflies both have wings used for flying. However the wings of a butterfly are much larger than dragonfly wings.