Backporch Almanac

Backporch follows the animals and pests moving through your own county, and puts a name to anything you find outside from a picture. It tells you what's coming before it happens, while there's still time to do something about it. Tap the bell beside anything and you'll get a reminder the day before, usually at 4 in the afternoon. That's time enough to seal the gap under the back door before the boxelder bugs find it, or to be outside the evening the cranes fly over. MIGRATION Follow 152 species on the move, from the ruby-throated hummingbird to the monarch butterfly and the humpback whale. Each route is drawn month by month, spring and fall, with recent sightings marked on the map, so you can see when they'll pass your county. Seeing one yourself? Tap "I'm seeing these" and your county counts it. PESTS Boxelder bugs and lady beetles on the south wall, stink bugs, camel crickets, house…