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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but in general:

Moths

-have furry fuzzy antennae (about 2/3rds of their antennae are used to pick up pheremones and locate members of the opposite sex)

-Dull white/grey/brown coloration

-have a hook (frenulum ) at tip of wing to hook wings together

-have 6 fully formed legs

-have furry bodies

-over 100 million years old (flew around with the dinosaurs)

Burtterflies

-have sleek smooth antennae with knobs at the end

-brightly colored

-no hook on wings

-2 fully formed legs and 2 partially formed legs/segments

-smoother bodies

-only a few million years old

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