Have I not done something right when adding them? Most of what I post are plants, but I do have the occasional bug and fungus!

I just checked your observations they look fine- there doesn’t appear to be any problem in the way you have added them. I suggest joining some projects and adding your observations to them as appropriate. I have had a better response to my own fungi pics since joining my national fungi project. Pro…

For those interested in making your fungus (specifically mushroom) observations more identifiable on iNat, this video tutorial from @Leptonia is a great place to begin: youtube.com/watch?v=LKF_pIY0Zpc

The lack of active identifiers for many groups of insects has inspired me to try to learn how to identify them myself. If you live in North America, the website BugGuide can be very helpful for that.

Often IDs just take time. It’s slow for certain taxa and certain locations. Where I’m working in Asia many observations go years without confirming identifications (or even an initial identification if I can’t ID it properly) simply because there are few people using iNat who have experience/exper…

In addition to what everyone else has said, sometimes it can be helpful to follow and comment on the observations from other users in your area. I recently complimented a new user on some of their moth photos and they later went through and added identifications to some of my own moth photos. Simil…

[image] earthknight: Where I’m working in Asia many observations go years without confirming identifications (or even an initial identification if I can’t ID it properly) simply because there are few people using iNat who have experience/expertise in my region. I’ve had a somewhat similar exp…

Yep, sometimes nothing will happen for a long time, then one day someone swoops in and makes a ton of identifications.

@boute - based on your observations, I assume you are a fellow Canuck. Canada actually has among the major nations contributing to the site, the 3rd highest rate of observations which make it to research grade. Overall it is over 70%, and only trails New Zealand and Russia. The same pattern holds …

I identify fungi. My specialty is bracket fungi and what I call ‘odd-balls;’ fungi with odd forms. Stalked mushrooms are usually my weakest area although I can identify many of these too. The main problem I encounter with observations is that only a single image of the cap is provided. A lot more i…

Thank you for this information, it is incredibly helpful!

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Not getting any IDs for my photos of insects and fungi

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