When Allison ( @kestrel ) challenged us to set goals, I optimistically said I would do 30 days of Odonata IDs and annotations, looking for nymphs. I checked my activity today and discovered I’ve missed two days. What? I thought I had missed only one! But the Identification list does not lie. How are …

You can always check your Year in review, which also features a graph showing your number of IDs and you can select individual days.. it’s also not perfect, but works a bit better then scrolling through that ID tab (exchange my nickname at the end of the url with yours and refresh/ generate with th…

Not really doing anything special or different because of the ID-a-thon, but I’m currently going through the Unknown / Annelida project, IDing what I can if it hasn’t been already. Perhaps I could try finishing that until January 15. 86 pages left.

I did not participate in much of ID-a-thon but I would like to discuss one thing: ID-a-thon was a bad idea, especially if they do it for insects (though it is bad for any taxon) This is because they are Dryinid wasps that look like mantises, mantises that look like ants, and of course planthoppers…

8600 of my promised 10 000 IDs reached- looks like I am on track, which is really surprising for me

Goals? What are those? :rofl: In all seriousness I’ve been ID’g but not following the ID a thon rubric.

[image] asteroidowl: In all seriousness I’ve been ID’g but not following the ID a thon rubric I haven’t followed the guidance either since I have my own ID groove.

[image] lynnharper: Maybe I need to get a life? Sounds like you have a darn interesting one to me. Remember: iNat is life. [image] aaravmishra: ID-a-thon was a bad idea, especially if they do it for insects I understand this. Identifying requires technical expertise. I think of it li…

That’s absolutely incredible!

[image] aaravmishra: ID-a-thon was a bad idea, especially if they do it for insects (though it is bad for any taxon) Since you say you did not participate much, why are you certain that this was a bad idea? Have you seen an increase in misidentifications that are clearly the result of the ID-…

I should also say that ids in planthoppers are so complicated that Achipecton (Achildae) looks like a Fulgorid, Embolophora and Afrocranus (Delphacidae) looks like Dictyopharids (an actual missed I’ve seen), and of course there is Namsangia (Cicadellinae) which looks like it were more related to Van…

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@spiphany ok…

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