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
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Spire Cove in Kenai Fjords National Park, Seward, Alaska
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Trullo buildings in Alberobello, Apulia, Italy
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A giant relic in Java
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Reflecting on Black History Month
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Tolkien Week
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International Literacy Day
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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Flowers by the sea
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Red fox, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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International Day for Biodiversity
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Huntington Beach Pier, California, at sunset
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Masai giraffes in Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
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Adorably evolutionary sea sheep
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Tasiilaq, Greenland
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Museum Night in Berlin
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Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
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Lizard of mystery
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It’s oh so quiet
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Happy Pi Day!
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Frost-covered dunes on Mars
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Waiānapanapa State Park, Maui, Hawaii
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A wheatear in Peak District National Park, England
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Happy International Astronomy Day!
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