@stevegis_ssg @KaraLG84 @ShaulaEvans Vaguely related fact, though, moon moths with long tails on their wings are like that because it messes with bat sonar so bats go for the tails more than the bodies and the moths escape
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Hey, Fedi.@KaraLG84 @stevegis_ssg @ShaulaEvans They're quieter because everything wants to eat them, I think. Also the size-shape-material of the wings. Fly wings are small and firm, butterflies are more flappy.
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Hey, Fedi.@ShaulaEvans There is a kind of moth that can feed on human blood like a mosquito https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calyptra_(moth)
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Hey, Fedi.@ShaulaEvans There's a moth in the UK where the female is just a fat fuzzy thing with no wings that waits for the male.
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Hey, Fedi.@KaraLG84 @stevegis_ssg @ShaulaEvans Butterflies do very softly make a sound in a quiet enough butterfly house.