I *think* they're butterflies, but my husband says they're cabbage moths. I don't know...
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects/moth-versus-butterfly1.htm
The Difference Between Moths and Butterflies
The differences between moths and butterflies fit into two categories: behavior and anatomy. For the most part, moths are nocturnal. They fly and feed at night. Butterflies, on the other hand, are diurnal, or active during the day. So the winged insect you see feeding from a flower in the middle of a spring afternoon is most likely a butterfly. If you watch a large-winged, flitting insect make its way toward a candle at night, it's probably a moth.
Butterflies and moths also tend to hold their wings differently when they rest. You'll often see moths with their wings draped down their backs or spread out to the side. Unless butterflies are warming themselves in the sun, they typically hold their wings upright and folded together, perpendicular to their backs.
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The physical differences between moths and butterflies are usually easy to see:
Butterflies' antennae are wider at the tips - their ends look like little clubs. Moths' antennae are often feathery. Sometimes, they're thin like butterflies' antennae, but without the clubs.
Most of the time, butterflies' wings display more vivid colors than moths' wings do. This doesn't mean that moths only come in shades of white, brown and gray, though. The Actias artemis shown on the previous page is an Asian moth that is related to the similarly-colored luna moth. It's colorful enough that it's sometimes known as the night butterfly.
Many moths use a series of loops called a retinaculum and a fringe called a frenulum to connect their front and rear wings. Butterflies don't have these structures.
Often, moths' bodies are plumper and fuzzier than butterflies' bodies.
These differences make it simple to decide whether an insect is a butterfly or a moth. For example, you can tell that the insect that assists Gandalf the Grey in "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is a moth. It shows up at night, and it has a wide body, dull colors and feathery antennae.
But not every member of the order Lepidoptera fits neatly into the categories of butterfly and moth. There are butterflies with moth-like qualities and moths with butterfly-like qualities. Skippers have stocky bodies like moths do, but they usually have the clubbed antennae of butterflies, often with a little bend at the end. Like butterflies, skippers fly during the day, but like moths, they tend to have duller coloring. But in one way, skippers aren't like butterflies or moths. Skippers hold their wings at an angle all their own, with the forewings separate from the hindwings.