In the Lepidoptera order of the animal kingdom, it’s butterflies who get all the glory. But we’d argue it’s their relatives, moths, that have the better story. With more than 160,000 species of moths around the world, moths outnumber butterfly species roughly 10 to 1. While most are nocturnal, the hummingbird hawk-moth on our homepage today breaks the mold. Found throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe, it’s shown here in the daylight of southern Sardinia, sipping nectar with its straw-like appendage known as a proboscis. Like a hummingbird, the moth makes a soft buzzing sound as it hovers over the flowers whose nectar it feeds on exclusively.
Let’s go mothing
Today in History
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It s Independence Day
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The artists come to Venice
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Over and under the delta
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Christmas market at Belvedere Palace in Vienna
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Borovets ski resort in Bulgaria
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Tegallalang terrace farms in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
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Cheers! It’s National Wine Day
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Oh, to sleep under the northern lights
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Big Bend National Parks birthday
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World Octopus Day
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An endless journey
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National Park Week: Olympic National Park, Washington
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The Cutty Sark turns 150
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Ponta Delgada
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Go with the rainbow flow
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Oh, happy day!
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Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
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Sands of time
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Put your flippers in the air…
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World Olive Tree Day
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Go Fly a Kite Day
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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Welcome to California
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Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer
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An ancient sailing tradition takes to the water
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Yi Peng Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Jane’s Carousel delights
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Mada in Saleh, Saudi Arabia