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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Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandy, France
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Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
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Grandparents Day
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Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
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Waiting for winter
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Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
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Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
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World Migratory Bird Day
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A light at the edge of the world
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World Octopus Day
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Chilling out in the Arctic
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An island oasis in the Indian Ocean
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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International Day of the Tropics
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Juniper Springs, Florida
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Oud-West, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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When an ideal microclimate gives you lemons…
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Everglades National Park, Florida
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Halemaumau Crater, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Menton, France
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Great wildebeest migration at Mara River, Kenya
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Take a hike near Lovers Lane
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International Literacy Day
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Beavers Bend
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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International Tiger Day
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Skyscraper Day
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The globe skimmers return
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Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100