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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Arbor Day
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Dragons Eye, Uttakleiv Beach, Norway
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Pamukkale, Turkey
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Sunburst at Angkor
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Muir Woods National Monument anniversary
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A seabird gets schooled
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Lands End, Cornwall, England
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Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany
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Let’s celebrate
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Celebrating all things Austen
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At the foot of Dubrovnik s Gibraltar
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Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
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World Rivers Day
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Bobbio, Italy
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
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When science looks like magic
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Aerial view of the Colorado River Delta in Mexico
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A hidden jewel in Croatia
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An island in the Highlands
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Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
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High tide at the walled city
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Black-naped monarch
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Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park, California
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Reflecting on Black History Month
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National Fossil Day
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One for the books
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International Day of Friendship
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Yi Peng lantern festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Inhale and exhale, it’s Yoga Day
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