I’ve been contemplating this lately, and I’m hoping to see what others have to say: I consider myself a generalist, favorable to all flying insects, but I am a specialist when it comes to flies, particularly Syrphidae. However, I have extended my reach to most other flies as well, so am I then a ge…

Generalist (and would steal the key-shaped label posted above). I know birds of the Northeastern US very well, but generally don’t ID them here because there are a wealth of ID’ers. I will ID stuff that slips through the cracks though. Other than that I’m getting better with plants of the NE, know m…

Started with birds (specialty) and have become generalist. Appreciate id’ing unknowns with no other filters. Sometimes enjoy filtering with audio because it’s often birds (or frogs, crickets, cicadas).

Competence is kind of rings: a small one that you master very well, and then larger ones that you know less and less, made of groups combined with geography. I am a specialist of Soft-winged flower beetles (Melyridae) of circum-Mediterranean, but relatively well prepared on Melyridae of other places…

I like to think that I am a generalist of marine invertebrates. I like to move higher level IDs of Crustacea/Echinoderms/Molluscs down as much as I can. I have the most experience with Florida molluscs and have been deep diving into the crabs lately. On iNat I started as a barnacle “specialist” bec…

I too, would class myself as a Generalist with heavy interest in Insects and Arachnids tho’ have much to learn about them! Amazed at the sheer number of Species here in just one Eastern Virginia county! (Westmoreland).

I suppose I’m somewhere in the middle? I’ll post anything interesting I can find, though insects are my usual niche of choice. I mostly ID lepidopterans, but I’m not opposed to helping with other things if I see something I’m familiar with.

I’m a generalist, but have much more experience with birds than other organisms, left over from my specialist days. For observing, I tend to focus on birds as they are still my primary interest, but also photograph anything else I notice. For identifying, I mostly do Unknowns as I don’t have a high …

I am both, a specialist generalist. Specialises on lepidoptera and birds. Then explore other genres, out of curiosity and with privilege of an enabling environment.

Are you a specialist or a generalist?

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ameeds March 17, 2022, 4:06pm 36

Haha, I am definitely a specialist. ADHD took me down a rabbit hole into stink bugs several years ago and I can’t get home.

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