Moths often have feather like antennae or an antenna with no club at the end. When perched, their wings lay flat. Moths tend to have thick hairy bodies and more earth tone colored wings. Moths are usually active at night and rest during the day in a preferred wooded habitat. Moth caterpillars spin a silk cocoon before changing into a moth. Scientists have identified some 200,000 species of moths world wide and suspect there may be as many as five times that amount.

Did You Know this about Moths?

• Moth caterpillars spin a silk cocoon.
• Once a cocoon is spun, the caterpillar turns into a mushy soup during metamorphosis.
• Moths navigate (find their way in the dark) by the stars in the sky.
• Many moths are day fliers and will mimic bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds.
• Thousands of tiny scales and hairs cover moth’s wings, not powder.
• Moths can see ultra violet light.
• A Cecropia moth has the ability to smell his mate up to 7 miles away with his feathery antennae.
• Some species of moths don’t have mouth parts for eating when an adult