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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Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
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Short-beaked echidna, Adelaide Hills, Australia
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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World Sea Turtle Day
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The Nutcracker performed by the Turkish State Opera and Ballet in Türkiye
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A rest stop for the birds
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Legacy mural in Philadelphia
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3,000 years of history
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Global commerce in motion
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Is that a buzzing sound?
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‘Hello’ from zero degrees longitude
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Mangrove Conservation Day
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New York City Marathon
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World Dolphin Day
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One for the books
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Borovets ski resort in Bulgaria
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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The city of Osaka at night, Japan
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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Sweetheart Abbey, Scotland
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Wanderin Wawayanda
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Shark Awareness Day
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The Elbe in Dresden, Germany
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Illuminated Uluru
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Vatican City with St. Peters Basilica
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The Girl Scouts celebrate 110 years
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Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
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Virgin Islands National Park established
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Ruins of St. Dwynwens Church, Ynys Llanddwyn, Wales
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Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany
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