“The increasing volume of insect photo observations shared on iNaturalist and similar sites can no longer be ignored, and entomologists are finding ways to use it. A review in Annals of the Entomological Society of America digs into best practices for bolstering entomological research with this growing body of citizen-science data. Among various findings, the researchers note an over-representation among online photo sharing of butterflies and moths (order Lepidoptera) and of arthropods from the Northern Hemisphere, particularly North America…”
https://entomologytoday.org/2023/10/31/growing-utility-online-photo-sharing-entomology-research/
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Amazing, an “assistant research professor of arthropod identification.” Who’d have thought.
Interesting article though, thank you for sharing it.
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Very nice graphs in this article …It seems iNat made a huge leap after summer 2018 while other websites did not make a huge progress?
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I would add that iNat doesn’t punish me for my varied interests. I can post moths, bees, myxos, and birds all to the same site and nobody will complain. I don’t need to remember multiple sites and logins. I can concentrate on making observations rather than the administrivia of posting them.
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