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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Tulips at Emirgan Park in Istanbul, Türkiye
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Festivus
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Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
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Oymyakon, Russia
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Canada Day
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Spring equinox
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Christmas market at Belvedere Palace in Vienna
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International Nurses Day
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A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
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Koala in the Great Otway National Park, Australia
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National Park Week: Haleakalā National Park, Hawaii
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A gentle wind fills this sail
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Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo, Japan
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White Sands National Park, New Mexico
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Art Basel Miami Beach
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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Celebrating Labor Day
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Rolling hills of the Palouse, Washington
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Puma in Patagonia
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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International Mountain Day
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Punakaiki on South Island, New Zealand
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A showcase for future fame
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Knuthöjdsmossen, a nature reserve in Sweden
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It’s Draw a Bird Day
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The tallest animal in the world on the longest day of the year
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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Thick-billed raven, Simien Mountains, Ethiopia
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Bidding summer adieu
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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