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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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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Satla marshland in Bangladesh
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Congratulations, 2019 Nobel Prize laureates!
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The perfect canvas for an ancient text
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Taiwan yuhinas in Alishan National Scenic Area
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Noctilucent clouds
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Surf s always up in Paia
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Mute swans
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On the wings of the Wright brothers
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Uredd Rest Area, Norway
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St. James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Atlantic puffin, Iceland
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Badlands National Parks 45th anniversary
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Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
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Anniversary of Pinnacles National Park, California
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Yosemite National Park anniversary
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Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
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Manatees rebound
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Look before you leap
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Misool Island, Indonesia
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Cross this bridge if you dare
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Chestnut-eared aracari in the Pantanal, Brazil
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Groundhog Day arrives—beyond a shadow of a doubt
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Antarctica Day
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Summer solstice
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Meet our fuzzy Earth Day mascot
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Vila Franca Islet, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
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Heavens Gate Cave, Tianmen Mountain National Park, China