I’m sure that many of us have done this, and I know for sure that I have on numerous occasions. But I always seem to think afterwards, why do those of us who get really into our IDs, cringe on the inside when someone misidentifies something that you consider an easy ID? I would love to hear some o…

Well, there was offline meeting about that question on Russian, but starting Vimeo vids of iNat are already good to show some tips, plus there’re many topics about it.

I cringe at my own ID’s I put much earlier when somebody else put an ID on that observation and it comes on my notifications. It is real life too after getting knowledge about something which I before thought something strange or weird about.

I don’t cringe as much as get annoyed. The one that bothers me the most is the moth Feltia jaculifera. It’s one of four common Feltia spp. in Canada and has two light lines that form a ‘w’ in the terminal area. Yet so many people get it wrong. I’ve even written a journal entry that highlights the fe…

Of course they’re bugs, they fly right? They’re ugly and hairy right?

We all have different opinions about whether or not something is “ugly” or not, many people, including myself, find bats to be very interesting and cool creatures. And I wouldn’t say that they are ugly at all.

carabid: that’s a quote from the Calvin & Hobbes comic strip you were referencing earlier. Or part of that series anyway. Calvin is talking to Hobbs and insisting that bats are bugs because they fly, they’re ugly, and they’re hairy. My kids are rereading my old C&H comics and we just read that on…

Hm, I don’t remember that, where Calvin is explaining it to Hobbes I mean. But I do remember reading the part where he is in the front of is class, giving his bat report, and the class yells at him that bats aren’t bugs, and he the shouts back “Look, who’s giving the report? You chowderheads, or M…

it is wandering off topic, but there’s a thread for nature related comics here: Nature-inspired Comics?

Not to worry, that’s not my opinion, but it is Calvin’s https://www.google.com/search?q=calvin+and+hobbes+bats+are+bugs&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjtlMX42YfwAhUDNa0KHR55Aq0Q2-cCegQIABAA&oq=calvin+and+hobbes+bats+are+bugs&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzoCCABQwpADWLGkA2DhpQNoAHAAeACAAV2IAcQFkgEBOZgBAKABAaoBC2d3cy13aXotaW1…

Why is it that those of us who get really into our IDs, cringe on the inside when someone misidentifies something that you consider an easy ID sometimes?

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Yes, it’s going off topic, but since I’m always right about everything I deem it acceptable (and funny)!

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Why is it that those of us who get really into our IDs, cringe on the inside when someone misidentifies something that you consider an easy ID sometimes?

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