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Everyone knows what a moth and a butterfly is, don’t they? The differences between the two are obvious, right? Wait … what do you mean it’s not a straightforward answer, like we’ve come to expect from the world of ecology? Okay then, so just what is the difference between a moth and a butterfly? Phil travels to the Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve to answer the question once and for all. Hopefully…



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Amateur Entomologists’ Society. 2015. Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera): http://www.amentsoc.org/insects/fact...

Butterfly Conservation. 2015. FAQ: http://butterflyconservation.org/180...

Chinery, M. 1993. Insects of Britain and Northern Europe (third edition). Collins Field Guide. Harper Collins Publishers.

Fox, R. 2013. You Say Butterfly, I Say Moth. Butterfly Conservation: http://butterflyconservation.org/311...

Harris, M. S. 2002. Lepidoptera, Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology: http://animaldiversity.org/site/accou...

The Library of Congress. 2015. How can you tell the difference between a butterfly and a moth?: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteri...

Townsend, M. and Waring, P. 2007. Concise guide to the Moths of Great Britain and Ireland. British Wildlife Publishing.