Success beyond my wildest dreams! I plan on doing it again next year at this time. Thanks for your advice!
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it’s #IdentiFriday!
today, i thought i’d try to go through some Texas needs ID observations with mavericks (https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNatAPIv1_identifications?own_observation=false&category=maverick&quality_grade=needs_id&place_id=18).
i might also look through some of the recent identifications in the Houston area which look like first identifications of taxa in the area (https://jumear.github.io/stirfry/iNatAPIv1_identifications_recent_taxa?place_id=110679).
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iNat is hardly loading for me today, but if anyone posts their requests, I’ll be happy to try to help!
I again have a couple of easy to id species, it’s Anyphaena accentuata which is the only species of the genus in the region (you can look it up here).
And Serica brunnea which is also a unique species as you can see e.g. here.
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I think I’m going to work on old Flowering Plant obs in southeast Texas today
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?page=50&per_page=8&order=asc&place_id=125100&taxon_id=47125&lrank=superfamily
Just for a bit then go back to working on my photo backlog. So many photos to sort through. Delete the bad ones. Edit the good ones and post to iNat.
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(Warning: Sarcasm ahead.)
I am running out of easy plant IDs in New England. Woe! I might have to learn something new. Woe!
Or go clean up the state of New York.
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With only 1,000 to go, would y’all help me finish New Mexico unknowns? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?iconic_taxa=unknown&place_id=9
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I checked those unknowns, but it seems they’re mostly bacteria or actually hard-to understand things.
I recieved great help last week, this one I also have 2 easy species to id, it’s Long-tailed Ground Squirrel one of two species found there with Red-cheeked Ground Squirrel. And pretty unique-looking Calycina citrina.
I hope to see more users participating this week!
P.S. Thank you @egordon88!
It’s Friday!
If anyone wants to help, Leningrad Oblast has 9 thousands of Needs id, especially needed help is for fungi and insects! If you have knowledge about European flora/fauna, especially Finland and Estonia, you can help a lot of people as local community is still quite small! https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?project_id=bioraznoobrazie-leningradskoy-oblasti
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I wish I did know something about fungi or insects there, but I barely know anything about those taxa here in New England. Sorry!
I think I’ll work on Sambucus (elderberries) in Ontario, Canada, today. Maybe listen to people’s recordings of Spring Peepers and Wood Frogs.
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Can I get some help with IDs for a bioblitz my mom is participating in? It’s in southeast Texas.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/piney-wood-lakes-tmn-inat-class-bioblitz-2022
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Friday is back! I’m trying to check all observations of another region, more south now, Ryazan Oblast, but again if you know anything about Eastern Europe or can help with narrowing down big groups, it would be great if you look at observations! Fungi, plants and insects mostly. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?project_id=bioraznoobrazie-ryazanskoy-oblasti
If there’s anyone with good knowledge, Sudan only has around 200 needs id, mostly plants and insects, if someone can check and maybe mark what can’t get further?
I’m really behind in my IDs lately. I blame the spring bump in observations. If anyone thinks they know some plants in place Orange County, US, CA then go for it!
Some hints
–computer vision works quite well here and is right 90% of the time, so it can be applied pretty liberally
–All Sambucus are Sambucus cerulea
–All Amsinckia are Amsinckia menziesii
–All Malosma are Malosma laurina it’s monotypic
–Marah is always Marah macrocarpa
–Dipterostemon capitatus is really hot right now and pretty easy to recognize, there’s no other close relatives here
–Nearly all of the large-sized yellow daisies are Encelia californica , I know daisies are scary but you can do it! Look for brown center and 3ish notches on the ends of the petals.
–Here’s the top species for March https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2022-03-01&place_id=2738&view=species&iconic_taxa=Plantae
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I looked at the Sudan plants, but I knew very few. Oddly I saw two California species which must have been mistaken in location, since in both cases the user’s other obs were in USA.
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ID some Pinkladies aka Showy Evening Primrose (Oenothera speciosa) in southeastern USA. They have 4 large equidistant petals. The petals are a pale shade of pink that fades to white at the center of the flower. Pinklades can also be white. Skip those unless you are familiar with distinguishing them from other white flowered Evening Primrose species.
Compare to Beeblossums (section Gaura). Their flowers can be pink but are shaped differently (often asymmetrical).
Compare to Rose Evening Primrose. They have a smaller flower with darker pink petals.
ID Pinkladies within genus Oenothera: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?verifiable=true&page=1&place_id=90754&taxon_id=48626
Also if you see any Beeblossoms IDed as only genus Oenothera you can put them into Section Gaura. These are all the Beeblossom/Gaura species observed in the region: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?locale=en&place_id=90754&preferred_place_id=53217&subview=table&taxon_id=914075&view=species
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This sounds like a good post for https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-me-identify-non-experts-welcome/2915
although the topic will need to be reopened first.
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It’s not something I’m personally interested in seeing get done. I’m not very good at IDing other species of Oenothera either. I just thought it might be a good project for the IdentiFriday group this week.
I’m seeing so many SoCal Penstemon pictures recently, which makes me jealous and means that those needs ID piles are starting to go up up and away.
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I should study some Penstemons. On the bright side, you’ve personally identified about a quarter of iNat’s >80k Penstomon obs, which is very impressive!
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Grumble … my internet connection is not good today; it took me most of the day to upload 60 or so observations of amphibians I made last night because things were so slow. So I doubt I’ll get much identifying done today at all.
Friday is back! If anyone have advice on European country will ther least attention paid by identifiers, would be interesting to check it out!
I would like if someone added genus ids on Trochosa observations, females can’t be ided to species without genitals. Also would like if anybody checked my Xanthoria parietina, European Rowan or European Mole observations.
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