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  1. This orange and black butterfly migrates thousands of miles to overwinter in the fir forests of central Mexico.

    Difficulty: Easy
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    • Karner Blue
    • Common Morpho
    • Monarch
    • Viceroy

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  2. This pale green North American moth trails long twisted tails and has no mouth at all, living about a week as an adult.

    Difficulty: Medium
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    • Luna Moth
    • Angle Shades
    • Io Moth
    • Ailanthus Webworm Moth

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  3. This large lemon insect with four dark bars on each forewing is among the best known butterflies in North America, and some females are sooty instead.

    Difficulty: Medium
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    • Zebra Swallowtail
    • Pipevine Swallowtail
    • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
    • Emerald Peacock Swallowtail

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  4. This day-flying tropical moth is iridescent in green, orange and turquoise, and carries no coloured pigment whatsoever.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Hercules Moth
    • Giant Peacock Moth
    • Bogong Moth
    • Madagascan Sunset Moth

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  5. This Asian butterfly shuts its wings to become a dead leaf, complete with a false midrib, mock fungal spotting and an imitation stalk.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Goatweed Leafwing
    • Orange Oakleaf
    • Map
    • American Lady

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  6. This European moth rests with its wings rolled into a cylinder so that it becomes a broken birch twig, pale sheared end and all.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Rosy Maple Moth
    • Buff-tip
    • Lobster Moth
    • Puss Moth

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  7. This large woodland butterfly of Europe shimmers violet only from certain angles, and males come down from the treetops for dung, carrion and sweat.

    Difficulty: Hard
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    • Tailed Emperor
    • Purple Emperor
    • Mourning Cloak
    • Hackberry Emperor

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  8. This enormous Asian moth has the greatest wing area of almost any insect, and each forewing tip is shaped and marked like a snake's head.

    Difficulty: Medium
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    • Atlas Moth
    • Imperial Moth
    • Spongy Moth
    • Bella Moth

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