It all started with a simple question inspired by pandemic-induced boredom: How many species live in my backyard? What I thought might be a couple of weekends taking photos of plants with the iNaturalist app (coupled with years of backyard birding) turned into an all-encompassing passion to get to know the flora, fauna and funga living their lives around me. Once I realized the extent of what I had started, I gave myself an arbitrary deadline of five years to complete my count while also ridding my yard of invasive species. That was five years ago. Time for a final tally.
一切都始于疫情期间百无聊赖之际提出的一个简单问题：我的后院里有多少物种？我原本以为只需几个周末用 iNaturalist 应用程序拍些植物照片（ 再加上多年来在后院观鸟的经验 ），没想到却演变成一场全方位的热情，让我想要了解我周围的动植物和真菌。当我意识到自己开启的这项事业规模时，我给自己设定了一个五年期限，一边完成物种统计，一边清除院子里的入侵物种。五年过去了，是时候进行最终统计了。

First some caveats. As hard as I have tried to uncover every living thing hiding underground, in the dark or inside other creatures, the one thing I am confident in is that I have not found them all. Technology can only get you so far without more funding and years of specialized training than I am willing or able to afford, and even with unlimited time and money I’m pretty sure getting an exact figure would be a fool’s errand. This was always about getting a rough ballpark idea of how many species use my property as part of their ecosystems, especially when you consider that the species dynamics are always changing based on factors both within (e.g., gardening) and outside of (e.g., climate change) my control. I’ve also undoubtedly misidentified some species that require careful microscopic identification of their genitals for true confirmation, and for that I offer no apologies. Our insect friends deserve some self-respect too after all. With these qualifications, here are the results.
首先要说明几点。尽管我尽了最大努力去发现每一种生物，但我仍然尽力寻找它们。 它们可能藏在地下、黑暗中或其它生物体内，但我确信的一点是，我还没有找到它们全部。 科技只能做到这样，如果没有我愿意或能够负担得起的更多资金和多年的专业培训，就无法实现。即便有无限的时间和金钱，我也确信要得到一个精确的数字是徒劳的。我的目的始终是大致了解有多少物种将我的土地纳入其生态系统，尤其考虑到物种动态会受到我控制范围内（例如园艺）和范围外（例如气候变化）因素的影响而不断变化。毫无疑问，我也错误地识别了一些物种，这些物种需要通过显微镜仔细观察其生殖器才能真正确认，对此我并不道歉。毕竟，我们的昆虫朋友也应该得到一些尊重。基于以上前提，以下是结果。

Including my family of humans, I have identified 1,290 species that share my Greater Yard Area as part of their territory. Largely moths. More specifically:
包括我的家人在内，我已经确认有 1290 种生物将我的大院子视为它们的领地。其中大部分是蛾类。更具体地说：