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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Cinco de Mayo
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Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica
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Happy Boxing Day!
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75 years of the United Nations
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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Kirkjufell, Iceland
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Have you turned off your electronic device?
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Al-Khazneh in Petra, Jordan
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National Mushroom Month
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The dancing trees of Sumba Island
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It s ∞ Day!
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Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting
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National Hummingbird Day
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Infinity Day
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Modica, Sicily, Italy
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The Children’s Cultural Festival in Reykjavik begins today
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Antarctica Day
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Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains National Park, Australia
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International Whale Shark Day
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Siblings Day
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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Happy Independence Day!
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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Sequoia National Parks 134th anniversary
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Christmas star lanterns, Germany
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We did not invent this, honest
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Zion National Park turns 103
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How lovely are your branches
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Light show in the forest
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A river runs through rice fields
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