We live in central Tanzania, working in a project for regenerative agriculture, and I have uploaded observations to inaturalist für a couple of years now. Some things get id’d pretty accurately by the geomodell, or by other members. But other things take long or never get id’d. Observations that g…

Yes, but it’s also very difficult to ID some species from pictures alone. Some plants require pictures of the flowers, so it’s also about timing. For insects, sometimes wing venation can be important, or the hairs or spines on the legs, or some other bit of anatomy that you may not be aware of, or …

Yes, your observations are correct, and @apusaffinis has expanded upon them very helpfully. It is not just where you are - insects and plants are identified more slowly than birds and mammals in all parts of the world because, as you say, they are more diverse and there are fewer experts. It is al…

Echoing what others have said. These taxa (plants and insects) can be tougher in general, and in your region, the issues are also higher diversity and relatively fewer experts. So what is in your control that you can do? Take high quality observations by photographing as many key characters as yo…

If. You can start your ID at family - then the taxon specialists will filter for it. In August we did Mission Impossible - ID plants in Africa. ALL the Unknowns were cleared (but for some that meant moving them to a still broad ID like Dicots) Flora of Africa - despite the given challenges - is tw…

86% of all bird sightings on iNat are research grade (around 23 million) while 61% of the 60 million verifiable flowering plants are research grade. As someone who posts mostly insects and plants, 43.5% of my verifiable observations are research grade. [image] cthawley: These taxa (plants and i…

Two more things that are within OP’s power: 1 do some identifying (if they don’t already). As well as being helpful to other users, trying to identify other people’s observations provides great insight into what sort of photos are most useful. They don’t have to be experts in anything, they can wor…

Not getting ID’s is frustrating, but please keep on posting. Your observations are especially important because of the lack of observations in your area. Please keep going.

For example @chemp who I call in for African Orthoptera. If you work thru IDing for Africa you will notice - new active identifiers. Pumpkin family @hanno_schaefer @norbert_holstein But the usual rules about @mentioning. Not too often. Good clear pictures. Try your best to ID as far as you ca…

FWIW, only 28.5% of fungi worldwide are research grade. Some taxa have fewer morphological features that work well with photo IDs, fewer experts to identify them, etc.

Anyone who wants help with Ants, Vespine wasps, or, if in North America, any Hymenoptera, can ask me, I like identifying these and would like to reduce the difficulty people have getting IDs on them (though I am not super familiar with African species) Species level ant IDs are really, really, hard…

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