Comet moth in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
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Comet moth in Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar
National Moth Week shines the porch light on an unlikely hero. Unlike their showier cousins, butterflies, moths get a bad rap from time to time, and that’s fair, as caterpillars of some moth species are agricultural pests. But before you break out the mothballs, take a gander at winged wonders like the comet moth, shown here. Scientists estimate that there are some 160,000 species of moths worldwide, many just as stunning as our comet moth, and tracking their health often helps us gauge the health of entire ecosystems.
Mother cheetah and her cub in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Irohazaka road near Nikkō, Japan
Forest near the village of Invergarry, Scotland
Bohemian Switzerland National Park near Tisá, Czech Republic
Boardwalk Trail at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Florida
The Jacobite steam train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Inverness-shire, Scotland
Beavers Bend Resort Park near Broken Bow, Oklahoma
Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
