You"re forgiven if this is the first you"re hearing of National Moth Week, even though it"s been going strong for eight years as a global call to learn about and observe the fuzzy little insects. All too often dismissed as pesky, drab counterparts to our brightly fluttering friends the butterflies, moths seem to hog every light but the spotlight. But they don"t need flashy marketing to win the numbers game: With an estimated 160,000 moth species (though some estimates go up to half a million), they vastly outnumber their swaggering butterfly cousins in the Lepidoptera order.
The moth wonderful time of the year
Today in History
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National Lighthouse Day
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International Polar Bear Day
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Land of the midnight sun
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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I am the walrus
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Happy International Zebra Day!
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Tough turf
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Seceda, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy
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Armbrug bridge, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Independence Day of the Argentine Republic
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It s Teacher Appreciation Week
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Tafilalet oasis in Morocco
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US Coast Guard: Protecting us for 105 years
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Beaver achievers
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Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
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An island for the birds
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World Bee Day
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A winter’s holiday ends
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A memorial in Germany
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Scotts Bluff National Monument, Gering, Nebraska
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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Independence Day of the Bahamas
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Classical music takes center stage
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Flower of Life symbol drawn in snow
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Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia
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International Moon Day
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Guilin and Lijiang River National Park, China
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Three Natural Bridges, Wulong Karst, China
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Mona Vale Rockpool, Sydney, Australia
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The Hermitage of Santa Justa
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