This beautiful animal is called Moth, which is one type of insect that comes from the order
Lepidoptera entered the Heterocera category. These animals are still close cousins ​​to butterflies, so moths look almost the same if observed in general.

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Moth fauna is mostly active at night, but some are active in the morning, and during the day. The existence of moths in nature is estimated by scientists to be around |150,000-250,000|| species or ten times more than the number of butterflies in the wild. #Moth insects also undergo metamorphosis just like butterflies, because their fraternity is very close to butterflies which also both have the scientific Lepidoptera order. The difference between butterflies and moths is more than just taxonomy. Scientists have identified about |200,000|| species of moths across the continent and it is thought that there may be more species that have not been detected.

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Sometimes the public asks. What is a moth...?

This fauna usually has feathers like the front antenna. While perched, the beast's wings lay flat. Moths tend to have thick hair and more colors on their wings. This fauna is usually active at night and rests during the day in its habitat which is a forest that is preferred by this beautiful animal.
Identical moths have a very long trunk or tongue, which they use to suck nectar on flowers or other liquids as food. The trunk is very tightly closed and not used, like a hose. When used, the trunk is not rolled to full length and in some species, it can be so long. The moth has a tongue that is actually longer than his entire body. This animal is also more than a butterfly, which is more than ninety percent of Lepidoptera which is known in nature so entomologists call it a moth, not most butterflies. Scientists have discovered and explained more than |135,000|| different species of moth.

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Moth experts estimate that there are at least |100,000|| more moths that are still not found in Nature. Moths are insects that look cool & beautiful. #Certainly we will be interested in observing or looking closely at these animals, so that we are more familiar and see the characteristics of differences with butterflies. Animal lovers use some good tricks to lure these animals closer to the way the lights go at night, so many moths will come to the effect of the light beam. So you can easily observe the moth because they will visit the light from the bright lights. To see a greater diversity of moths in a particular location, you can try using black light and sheets of collecting food or with mercury lamps.

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Some moths may not come, but cannot resist the taste of the fermented candy mixture. In addition it can also mix other recipes to attract moths to arrive using sugar syrup, stale beer and ripe bananas. The trick is to paste the mixture on several tree trunks and see who comes to taste it, this animal will automatically appear.

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