I really like projects and adding my observations to them. What are some of your favourite traditional projects?
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Some of my favourites:
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/arthropod-faces
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/beach-blobs
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/borbs
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/geralds-of-the-world
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/observational-comedy
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/weirdwildwonders
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So many projects, so little time…
Fot art made by insects: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/arthropod
For art made by humans: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/nature-drawing-and-journaling
For your colorful blue finds: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/blue
For hawkmoths caught in the act: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sphingids-at-flowers
For hummingbird feeder enthusiasts: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/sugar-robbers
For porchlight visitors: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/project-porchlight
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I’ve spent at least 2 hours now just looking through the geralds of the world observations. They are so funny!
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I’m here to plug my brand new project, Human Hosts! Be warned, there are some potentially disturbing observations…
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Mating behaviour: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/mating-behaviour
Multiple life stages: https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/multiple-life-stages
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Hilarious that the Rhinovirus observation has audio as well as visual!
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All of mine! But they’re all really specific so they’re all pretty much only me. Which makes sense due to the specificity. I have one for abandoned areas, Ghost Towns, one for abandoned buildings specifically, which I very cleverly named Flora and Fauna at the Bandos, one for pigeons on signs, AKA Pigeon Endorsement, one for observations of “neighboring borders”, and then one for Utah’s insignia, which isn’t as specific as the others. I made them all mainly just for myself. But I think they have potential to be interesting. I have another one I want to make that’s heavily inspired by the Minecraft one, but that’s all I’ll say for now. I’ll quit blabbing it up, though.
Some of my favorite ones are for things I use a lot, like nests and eggs (North America), feathers & tracks (North America).
Some that I find neat in general are Amazing Aberrants & escapees.
Edit: My daughter showed me how to do the hyperlink thing. It made me feel old but it was really helpful.
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Does anybody know if there’s a project for arthropods found under the bark?
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Shoot. I was at a suburban BP Station yesterday and saw a mallard in the driveway. I should have taken a photo!
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Oh well, there’s always next time! Plenty of mallards in the pond, or however that saying goes…
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I think “Bugs in Flight” is quite an underrated one. Only a couple of people in it with less than 100 observations. It’s quite interesting to see how different insects look frozen in flight
I was also thinking of making one based on the iridescent wings of some flies and hymenopterans inspired by this study. Since they can be seen by the naked eye with just the right lighting, I think it’s perfect project to find some observations of on iNat and maybe map out the colours of the wings of some species. (I already have some observations of those wings.) Or maybe I’m just shooting for the moon. :P
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While not specifically for arthropods, Life of a stump focuses on life found in dead and decaying trees. So arthropods found under bark would fit right in.
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I just found out about the Epic Poses project. If you have any really cool shots, post them there!
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Ignore the Elephant Seal is great!
Also shout-out to one I started for the Big Meadows area of Shenandoah National Park.
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For us nerdy plant identifiers, I just found a project on cotyledons (the first leaves of recently germinated seedlings) that could really be useful, because while many seedlings have distinctive cotyledons that may allow you to at least identify the family or maybe even the genus, most field guides and keys have no information about this. See https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/cotyledons
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Here’s the project on the iridescent wings! I’ve just been collecting up some observations that fit the criteria every now and again.
I knew my gas station tags would come in handy one day!
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