Moth eat clothes, butterflies don’t, right?
Right. A butterfly never chewed a hole in my cashmere sweater.
Job_4:19 how much less will He trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.
Job_13:28 I waste away like rotting wood, like a moth-eaten coat.
Psa_39:11 When You discipline us for our sins, You consume like a moth what is precious to us. Each of us is but a breath. Interlude
Isa_51:8 For the moth will devour them as it devours clothing. The worm will eat at them as it eats wool. But My righteousness will last forever. My salvation will continue from generation to generation.”
Hos_5:12 I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool. I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.
Luk_12:33 “Sell your possessions and give to those in need. This will store up treasure for you in heaven! And the purses of heaven never get old or develop holes. Your treasure will be safe; no thief can steal it and no moth can destroy it.
Jas_5:2 Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags.
historical perspective on moths.
couldn’t find anything on butterflies,
Moths themselves have no mouths and no digestive system. They die within a month or so of being hatched.
As a rough, very general rule of thumb, moths are more often pests.
But there are some serious exceptions. One of my most hated insects is the “Loper” butterfly.
Pretty little things but they land on kale, cabbage and any similar cold crop and lay their eggs. Which turn into the hungry caterpillar kids story come to life.
I kill them on sight , tennis rackets are very effective.
https://vegento.russell.wisc.edu/pests/caterpillar-pests-of-cole-crops/
Correct.
Watch the cloth, moth.