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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Merry Christmas!
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Gray seal pup, Norfolk, England
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Cordouan Lighthouse, France
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Bear watching in the Finnish forest
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International Infinity Day
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Lake Fyans, Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia
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Silent night, sparkling lights, and hearts full of joy
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Totally Thames Festival, London
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Global commerce in motion
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Dreaming of the Tyrrhenian Sea
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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Till the cows come home
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Peach trees in Cieza, Murcia, Spain
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Lighting the way to new beginnings
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A winter wonderland in Northeast China
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Prasat Phanom Rung temple ruins, Thailand
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Kirkjufell, Iceland
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A visionary artist paints his own garden view
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Arbor Day
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World Parrot Day
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Bungle Bungle Range in Purnululu National Park, Australia
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Lei Day
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Land of the midnight sun
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Aerial view of Venice, Italy
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It s Mountain Day in Japan
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Waiānapanapa State Park, Maui, Hawaii
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A rock in a wild place
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Porthcawl Lighthouse, Wales, UK
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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