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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Lakeside serenity in Finland
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Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico
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A courtyard scene from Spain
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Te Rewa Rewa Bridge near New Plymouth, New Zealand
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The story of a rediscovered redwood
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Lei Day
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May the Fourth be with you…
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Seventeen arches at sunset
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Great horned owl near Lake Tohopekaliga, Florida
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From Sputnik to extraterrestrial storms
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Take a hike near Lovers Lane
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Observing a squirrelly day
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La Rocque Harbour, Island of Jersey
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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A Eurasian red squirrel in Switzerland
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Halo around the sun
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A national icon
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Azaleas blooming on Hwangmaesan Mountain, South Korea
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Sligachan Old Bridge, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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In praise of bogs, swamps, and marshes
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Glendurgan Garden hedge maze is 186 years old
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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A whale of a picture
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Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia
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Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC
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International Tea Day
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Polar Bear Week
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