So, of course 2020 sucked, as everyone knows. Enough said, I guess. But there were some good things. For me, those usually have something to do with nature in general and moths, butterflies, and caterpillars in particular. Since I spent as much time away from other human beings as possible in 2020, I had plenty of lepidopteran encounters. I managed to observe and identify 243 species of moth, and there are many, many photos that I still need to go through, so its probably actually more like 300+ species. At least 88 of these were first time observations for me, which is pretty nice. I observed 47 species of butterflies, 7 of which were new to me, making this the best butterfly year for me in a long time. I also raised 50 monarchs, 5 spicebush swallowtails, 3 viceroys, a red spotted purple, a copper underwing moth, and a milkweed tussock moth. I bought one successfully eclosed Luna moth as well. I also saw a nice variety of mammals this year including deer, rabbits, muskrats