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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Veterans Day
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Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
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Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France
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Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia
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Happy Hobbit Day
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’Chess on ice’
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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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A look at Uranus, seventh planet from the sun
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Sanday Island and the North Sea, Scotland
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Lands End, Cornwall, England
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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World Water Day
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The Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland
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Zion National Park Turns 100
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Delicate Arch, Arches National Park, Utah
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World Environment Day
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Gunnerside, Yorkshire Dales National Park, England
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Dressed for winter fun
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Henningsvær Stadion, Norway
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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Labor Day parade in 1915 Chicago
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Eye of the cave
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Spring equinox
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National Garden Week begins today
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Cold? What cold?
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Happy Astronomy Day!
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Lupine fields, Snæfellsnes, Iceland
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Who s wearing such cute hats?
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World Water Day
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A tale of almonds and bees
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