A while ago when I was stuck inside and had nothing better to do, I looked up each of the U.S. state names in the Explore tab and was surprised to see that of the fifty states, all but two (New Hampshire and Rhode Island) are represented by default English species names in the iNat database. I figur…

I have 11 states. Carolina Chickadee Carolinian Elegant Carolina Grasshopper Carolina Ground Cricket Carolina Horsenettle Carolina Mantis Carolina Mantleslug Carolina Ruellia Carolina Sphynx Carolina Spring-Beauty Carolina Sweetshrub Carolina Wren Florida Brownsnake Florida Cottonmouth …

Out of 85 regions I have: Краеглазка Петербургская - Saint-Petersburg Московка - Moscow Crimean bingo here I come: Крымская ящерица, пион крымский, крымский скворец (ssp.), кивсяк крымский, оносма крымская, железница крымская, полынь крымская, татарник крымский, колокольчик крымский (ssp.), лад…

So far I’ve been to 27 states but I usually go on roadtrips with friends so I don’t have much meticulous iNatting time, more like a couple of quick stops during hikes of easy to photograph life. Still, I love species that have the region they’re found in as their common names (like Allegheny blackbe…

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I found 18/48 states in my observations. For the purposes I merged the Dakotas and Carolinas, counted scientific names, and included a few I’ve seen but haven’t managed to post on iNaturalist (marked as *). California: California Poppy, California Ground Squirrel, California Scrub-Jay* Carolinas: …

California Agaricus California Aglaja California Aster California asterella California Barnacle California bay California Bee Assassin California Black Walnut Pouch Gall Mite California Bordered Plant Bug California brickellbush California brittlebush California Broomsage …

Just California somethings… 78 (update: 80) of them! I will look for the other states in my observations during the next geek hour. I know I have Virginia Rail and Opossum, and Texas Range Grasshopper. But there should be hopefully a few more. @scubabruin . Plus one more, Dasymutilla californica, h…

I’ve never been to India, but isn’t Kerala the state where the public health woman kept infection to a very low rate? Saw her mentioned in the Guardian!

I think it was ‘tongue in cheek’!

Carolina Wren, Carolina Mantis, Carolina Laurelcherry, Carolina Crane’s-bill, Carolina Satyr, Carolina Snailseed, Virginia Opossum, Virginia Creeper, Virginia Pepperweed, Virginia Sweetspire, Virginia Creeper Sphinx are the ones I have. So only Carolina, and Virginia for me.

State Name Life List Bingo

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661 species observed and only a few state names.
Virginia Spring Beauty
Virginia Opossum
Carolina Satyr
Carolina Chickadee
Carolina Horsenettle
Florida Harvester Ant

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