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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White Sands National Park turns 90
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West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut
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Big Bend National Park anniversary
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Celebrating a young girl s age-old discovery
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National Lighthouse Day
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Unearthing a queen s lost tale
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All is silent for Big Ben’s musical milestone
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Over the boardwalk
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Sunrise at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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American Eagle Day
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Autumnal equinox
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Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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The aftermath of a meteorite
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Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Ides of March
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What are we looking at?
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Steyr River, Austria
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An impactful day
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For the love of bikes
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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Veterans Day
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A river on the tundra
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A Latino art exhibition in Denver
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International Archaeology Day
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We did not invent this, honest
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International Beaver Day
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National Moth Week
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Helloooooo, Innsbruck
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World Sea Turtle Day
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An uncommonly cool critter
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