More than 130 years after its discovery, this moth was finally photographed alive The long-toothed dart moth, the 11,000th image in National Geographic’s Photo Ark, is a reminder of the crucial role that insects play. ByChristine Dell'Amore Email A month into the coronavirus pandemic, photographer Joel Sartore woke up early at home in Lincoln, Nebraska, and went outside to grab the newspaper. Grounded from traveling his usual six months a year, he’d been moping, unsure what to do now that his 2020 trips were canceled. On the porch, a panoply of bugs buzzing around a light caught his eye—dragonflies, cicadas, june bugs, and many more. Suddenly, his funk lifted.