Quick! Can you find this moth"s head? If the markings on the wings distracted you for a second, score an evolutionary victory for this saturniid moth resting in Mole National Park in Ghana. It"s thought that moths, butterflies, and other creatures use this crafty form of mimicry, called eyespots, to either intimidate predators or draw them to attack less vulnerable parts of the body.
All eyes on moths
Today in History
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Observing World Braille Day in Bavaria
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Mesmerizing murmuration
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Henningsvær Stadion, Norway
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What s going on in this sky?
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Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
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Giving Tuesday
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La Geria wine region, Lanzarote, Canary Islands
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Happy birthday, Saguaro National Park
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Happy Bee Day to you
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A Bengal tiger in Ranthambore National Park, India
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Sundance Film Festival
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The Cutty Sark turns 150
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Grand finish of Le Tour
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The Big Blue of the Sierra
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Gespensterwald, Nienhagen, Germany
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Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
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A different kind of dive
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World Jellyfish Day
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Brotherly cubs
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World Giraffe Day
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Art in the high desert
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Infant Sumatran orangutan, Indonesia
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest, Hungary
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Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
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World Rivers Day
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National Hummingbird Day
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National Audubon Society s Christmas Bird Count
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Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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