You know you're seriously into iNat when

Yeah I’m trying to start identifying more! ^^

I don’t have the energy or knowledge to do it as fast or efficiently as most, but I try to do some every day, even if it’s just going through some species I’m confident with or bringing down broad ‘insect’ and ‘arthropod’ observations to order or family

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I have a repertoire of bookmarked URLs. Some I can clear every day. Some which keep sliding back to, not now, next time … Pre-Mavericks are 2 against 1 and can be easy clicks - you need to know if you are with the 2, or with the Proud Maverick.

Pre-Maverick Insecta (but push back to your chosen location first - almost a quarter of a million waiting there)

Pre-Maverick Arthropoda tips it over a quarter of a million

We will be removing from the projects those which are already at rank Family or lower. Taxon specialists clear those.

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Spiders are very creepy I agree

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iNat has helped me a lot with that issue.
I will never enjoy being surprised by one.

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Nah, they’re cute.

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Especially jumping spiders. (°OO°)

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What? How do I even make myself to even think they are cute? Literally Jumping Spiders are so creepy, also their bites are similar to a bee sting which is bad because they go into my home sometimes and what if I accidentally hit them while I am sleeping and then I wake up hurting very bad? I do not want to wake up to that. I remember when I was just sitting on a chair and then a Jumping Spider started making a web on it and then I literally jumped off the chair and threw my laptop and it got a bit damaged.

To my knowledge, jumping spiders don’t make webs.

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It was definitely a Jumping Spider, it looked tiny and had hair on it also it was a Bold Jumping Spider and it had some blue things on its face and had a white pattern. It also went onto the floor and kept walking around on it which was creepy. But I couldn’t take a photo of it because it got sprayed with insect spray and died from it then got threw away even though it’s an arachnid not a insect.

They don’t usually make large network webs but they often make small little pockets for sleeping with some accessory webs extending out a ways.

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Interesting! I didn’t know that. I’ve always thought they couldn’t make any webs at all.

No they’re not

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Jumping Spiders are the cutest little creatures ever! I used to be terrified of them, but I love the tiny ones. Their eyes are so adorable!

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When it’s your fifth year on the site! I started iNat on Feb 6, 2021.

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Yes, and they jump on you! I don’t know why that makes me so happy, but it does.

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But then when they die, it’s so sad… :(

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you know when you see a rat and your first instinct is to excitedly point it out to others. (not even because I particularly like rats - my brain skipped ‘what is it’ and went straight to ‘it’s awesome and others should know!’)

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when you start having dreams that amazing (and nonexistent) spiders are all around you and crawling on you, but your camera seems to be out of batteries. Talk about a nightmare!

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But that’s good!

Ahh, I see.

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Yeah, my camera breaking down seems to be one of my worst fears. I regularly have dreams about seeing something really cool, but my camera lense expands five feet, or the batteries are dead, or I just forgot my camera to begin with.

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