Meadows are also home to various kinds of butterflies. Butterflies are insects that have large, colorful wings. They drink the sweet nectar produced by flowering plants and act as pollinators.

Day butterflies have colorful wings. If you look at a day butterfly more closely, you can see that it is an insect with six legs and two antennae.

Moths are butterflies that fly during the night. They spend their days in hiding and begin searching for flowers when night falls. Moths are attracted to light, which is why you can use a lamp to lure moths for closer inspection.

The picture on the right shows bedstraw hawk moth.