Hello everyone! Lately I’ve been investing some of my free time cleaning up “needs ID” observations in Portugal. If I am at home I usually go for groups in which I have enough knowledge to get the observation to the species/genus level, because at home I can fully dedicate my attention to the proce…

For mollusk shells (Phylum Mollusca), which can be found on the beach, beside freshwater, or even on land: If the shell is coiled into a spiral-shaped or, if aquatic, is shaped like the classic Chinese hat, it is Gastropoda. If it looks like it was originally two valves hinged together, then i…

Looks like grass = Poales to include Juncaceae and Cyperaceae

And we have daisies with longitudinal veins https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/575038-Corymbium It took me a while to convince myself that ‘bulb’ is a daisy! Always the exception to prove the rule. Makes nature interesting.

Even if you make a mistake and call a sedge a grass, at least the observation is no longer an Unknown and has a much better chance of being seen and corrected by someone who can tell a sedge from a grass (or at least push it back to Poales). I also try to remember that if my mistake rate is one in …

[image] fseichter: Source is lothlin in https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/laymans-guide-to-fungus-orders-families/46181/3 Thanks so much for that!

One small addition for insect larvae: if one sees the legs/prolegs, one can refine a bit more, at least for caterpillar-like “worms”. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proleg has a table which segments on Lepidoptera (various groups) and Symphyta have legs. Unfortunately I don’t know if there are simila…

This is great. I can walk thru them instead of generic unknowns - much less mushrooms and weeds ;-) I found the explanation on https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/jeanphilippeb/73398 , as I understand that text the projects are autopopulated using the database and CV recommendations. PS: what shall…

I don’t think you need to do anything but what you have done - ID it appropriately. That will help it get IDed further. Having added the “bone” annotation is good too - there are people who know bones that look for that.

[image] ralfmuschall: what shall I do when I find something tha tdoesn’t fit l JP keeps them in the project - for stats.

Good global criteria when identifying unknowns

General

joaolemoslima December 4, 2023, 10:16am 17

Thank you everyone for the great replies! They’re already saved on my “Identification clues” file, and will be most useful

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Good global criteria when identifying unknowns

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