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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Arched iceberg, western Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean
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It s Independence Day in Mexico
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Lunar eclipse
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Pi Day
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Shi Shi Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Dalmatian pelicans, Lake Kerkini, Greece
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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Honoring the first American woman in space
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High tide at the walled city
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Juvenile manatees in a freshwater spring, Crystal River, Florida
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Happy 300th, NOLA!
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You won’t see this on Mulberry Street
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Whatever floats your boat
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Autumnal equinox
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Belted Galloway cows
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Gray seal sleeping on the beach, Orkney Islands, Scotland
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Dusky eagle-owls, Pakistan
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On a Healing Field for Veterans Day
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The mountain of 30,000 sakura
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The Wall for Peace
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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The largest American bison around
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Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
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Everglades National Park marks 90 years
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World Elephant Day
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Celebrating 54 years of Capitol Reef National Park
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Joshua Tree National Park, California
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Wyoming celebrates its statehood
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Happy Juneteenth!
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An island hopper s paradise
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