What is the Best Way to Learn a Species?

I strongly disagree with this in the context of this topic. One of the best ways to learn a species is to do a bit of research, make your best guess, and end up wrong. Spoiler: it happens to all of us. The community of IDers on iNaturalist is great about providing helpful ID tips when you ask, or listing some reference material so you can do your own studying.

So if you get it wrong and someone corrects you, don’t feel bad about it, don’t be afraid to ask them where you went wrong, and you’ll learn quite a bit.

There’s a lot more on identification etiquette here: Identification Etiquette on iNaturalist - Wiki

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