I recently saw this thread , and saw many interesting ways people’s usernames came about. So I ask: how did you choose your iNat username? Does it include the name of a taxon you like? Is it a pseudonym? Maybe your username has a fascinating backstory? And while I’m at it, what do you think makes a g…

In my case, the others would be the other chickens and the dog.

Mine is just a shortened version of my actual name. I use it in order not to make it too easy for my stalker(s) but also to let me feel that I’m not just an anonymous coward on the internet. It can be a tricky balancing act.

After one of my favorite beetles, Cotinis nitida. I try to use that as a handle for most of my nature-related work. I had originally tried to use “Liatris”, a favorite flower, but several people were using that in various contexts already.

[image] kevintoo: I use it in order not to make it too easy for my stalker(s) but also to let me feel that I’m not just an anonymous coward on the internet I did this by going by my first and middle initials: L.J.

Mine is just after my favorite genus, Huttonia :)

It is the Romanization of my Chinese name.

I have an Instagram account under the same username where I post about my adventures in native plant gardening. I started my inaturalist account after seeing so much wildlife in my new native plant gardens. I wanted to document how my small efforts were affecting the local wildlife. My username for…

Like my social history teacher way back in highschool, his last name was rather complicated for English as a second language speakers so we just called him Mr H.

How did you choose your iNat username?

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ItsMeLucy August 5, 2024, 10:17pm 46

It’s me, Lucy.

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