What is the difference between the May beetle and the cabbage white beetle?

The May beetle is a representative of the Coleoptera order, since it has dense, rigid front wings, under which are leathery wings, with which they fly.

Cabbage White belongs to the order Lepidoptera, or Butterflies, since the wings are covered with small chitin scales that create a pattern.

The May beetle eats herbivorous food, therefore, the mouth apparatus is of a gnawing type.

The butterfly feeds on liquid food, the mouth organs of the sucking type.

May beetle larvae live underground, feed on plant roots.

Butterfly larvae develop in the ground-air environment, on cabbage leaves, and feed on them.