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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Independence Day of the Argentine Republic
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Ringing in the new year at Teotihuacan
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Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Frost-covered dunes on Mars
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Sailing on thick ice
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Presidents hear the echo of history
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Black History Month
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African buffalo, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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Languid life on the Lakes
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Totally Thames Festival, London
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A Eurasian red squirrel in Switzerland
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A city of bridges
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Through an artist s eyes
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Three cheers for polar bears!
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International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China
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Happy Panda Day!
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The Roaches ridge in the Peak District, England
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Hiding in plain sight
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Till the cows come home
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Life in the slow lane
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The Great Glen
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What s better than a smile?
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Andermatt village in the Alps, Switzerland
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Kelimutu, Flores, Indonesia
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Dragon dance performed in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
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Happy International Zebra Day!
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Steyr River, Austria
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It s harvest time on World Food Day
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