# You know you are obsessed to identifying when **URL:** \ **Category:** Nature Talk\ **Created:** [October 1, 2026, 11:22am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226 "2026-10-01T11:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hila](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/hila/32/76100_2.png) [@hila](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/hila)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2026, 4:58am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/22 "2026-10-03T04:58:14Z")
So far I am obsessed with observations but am willing to become an obsessive identifier but only plants, please, ok, and a handful of birds. ---
**Author:** ![netpancho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/65b543/32.png) [@netpancho](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/netpancho)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2026, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/23 "2026-10-05T19:51:01Z")
when your GF/hiking partner suddenly realizes you’ve, yet again, stopped to take a pic of some plant or bug that you’ve seen a thousand times before ---
**Author:** ![teadrivendev](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/teadrivendev/32/78616_2.png) [@teadrivendev](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/teadrivendev)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/24 "2026-10-06T11:26:11Z")
…when you check the map to see where the taxon you want to put on an observation occurs, and then go on an hour-long side quest cleaning up mis-IDs of that taxon before actually putting the ID on that observation ---
**Author:** ![GothHobbit](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/gothhobbit/32/34548_2.png) [@GothHobbit](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/GothHobbit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 12:23pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/25 "2026-10-06T12:23:06Z")
> [@hila](#): > > So far I am obsessed with observations but am willing to become an obsessive identifier but only plants, please, ok, and a handful of birds. That’s the lovely thing: you can pick what you’re comfortable with / what dings your chimes. Welcome to the Forum! (And to iNat, if you just set up your account there.) You know that you’re obsessed with identifying when you go to look at the most common Odonata species in the US for a project, realize that there are a whole bunch of really weird vagrants at the bottom of the list, and decide to take on cleaning them out. (I may not know what kind of dragonfly is in that photo, but it’s not hard to figure out that if the species the photographer decided on is restricted to the area around Kazakhstan, it’s probably not going to show up for a photo op in New Jersey!) 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![arthrop0denthus1ast](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/arthrop0denthus1ast/32/66920_2.png) [@arthrop0denthus1ast](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/arthrop0denthus1ast)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/26 "2026-10-06T13:19:03Z")
…when you type “bl”, “cc” or “mi” into the searchbar and it automatically gives the websites with the leafminer key ([https://bladmineerders.nl](https://bladmineerders.nl)) cranefly key ([https://ccw.naturalis.nl](https://ccw.naturalis.nl)) and general insect keys ( [https://sites.google.com/view/mikes-insect-keys/mikes-insect-keys](https://sites.google.com/view/mikes-insect-keys/mikes-insect-keys) ) you use (in that order) ---
**Author:** ![lappelbaum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lappelbaum/32/7312_2.png) [@lappelbaum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lappelbaum)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/27 "2026-10-06T13:20:22Z")
We always need more plant identifiers ---
**Author:** ![texas\_nature\_family](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/texas_nature_family/32/65299_2.png) [@texas\_nature\_family](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/texas_nature_family)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2026, 2:44am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/29 "2026-10-08T02:44:29Z")
❤ (I’m out of likes) ---
**Author:** ![aaravmishra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/aaravmishra/32/33901_2.png) [@aaravmishra](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/aaravmishra)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2026, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/30 "2026-10-21T16:09:56Z")
When you click an obs. to refine the id and you see you had already identified it (disagreeing id). Happens over and over again, even right now. ---
**Author:** ![larry216](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/larry216/32/13112_2.png) [@larry216](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/larry216)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/31 "2026-10-22T01:00:35Z")
Whenever you add an identification to an observation, it is automatically marked as Reviewed. On both the Identify and Explore pages, there’s a filter you can set for the Reviewed status. If you search for “Reviewed = No”, you should never have to waste time looking at an observation you’ve already dealt with. You can also manually set Reviewed (one observation at a time, or a whole page at a time on the Identify page) for any other observations you don’t want to see again. ---
**Author:** ![lappelbaum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/lappelbaum/32/7312_2.png) [@lappelbaum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/lappelbaum)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 1:31am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/32 "2026-10-22T01:31:08Z")
Sometimes you go back to observations you have already reviewed because you have learned more since then and want to give a finer identification than before ---
**Author:** ![aaravmishra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/aaravmishra/32/33901_2.png) [@aaravmishra](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/aaravmishra)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 7:22am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/33 "2026-10-22T07:22:06Z")
No I am atleast for my speciality a visual id’er, so I use the explore page. ---
**Author:** ![vbjanos](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/vbjanos/32/28910_2.png) [@vbjanos](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/vbjanos)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/34 "2026-10-22T11:49:49Z")
I am not obsessed with identification at all. When I can’t figure it out in a week I just leave it (until I run into the same observation later) ---
**Author:** ![maxforager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/maxforager/32/77792_2.png) [@maxforager](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/maxforager)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/35 "2026-10-24T15:46:48Z")
I’m your man. Assuming you mean plants in Eastern North America. (I can do Western North America and Eastern Europe too, but not that much. ---
**Author:** ![egad13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/egad13/32/48959_2.png) [@egad13](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/egad13)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2026, 5:33pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/36 "2026-10-24T17:33:45Z")
…when you start making a spreadsheet to sort your compilation of subtle differences between a bunch of similar species. I’m in so deep with some of these bugs I like now, lol ---
**Author:** ![texas\_nature\_family](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/texas_nature_family/32/65299_2.png) [@texas\_nature\_family](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/texas_nature_family)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/37 "2026-10-25T01:57:02Z")
When you… ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/9/0/90aa39894b4a21c27e09eea8977dcbd52d7f9a9c.png) ---
**Author:** ![maxforager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/maxforager/32/77792_2.png) [@maxforager](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/maxforager)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 5:26am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/38 "2026-10-25T05:26:04Z")
That’s a lot! I’m just at - **1682** IDs made for others ---
**Author:** ![texas\_nature\_family](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/texas_nature_family/32/65299_2.png) [@texas\_nature\_family](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/texas_nature_family)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2026, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226/39 "2026-10-25T13:06:25Z")
That’s still a lot! You’ve only been here for less than a month, my first YEAR I only gave 944 Ids. Keep up your great work! :) [Previous page](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/you-know-you-are-obsessed-to-identifying-when/86226.md?page=1)