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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Sami lavvu structures, Finnmark, Norway
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Let’s have a ball
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I m here! Take a look at me!
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A whale of a hug
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Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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Make your list and check it twice
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Gwalior Fort, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Góða ólavsøku, from the Faroes!
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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A species no longer at risk
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Wanderin Wawayanda
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Seattle, Washington
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Celebrating women in science
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Happy Holi!
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Star Wars Day
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AAPI Heritage Month & Lei Day
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European fallow deer in England
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Celebrating whales—and a whale of a tale
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Common clownfish in a sea anemone, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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Dance of the egret
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Presidents Day
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Horse Head Rock, New South Wales, Australia
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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International Cheetah Day
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Sandhill cranes, Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
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Red-necked grebes during breeding season
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Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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April Fools Day
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At the shore of an inland sea
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