I have observed two harmful animals on Inaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/61088592 and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/79790479 . Has it happened to you too?

Plenty. Here’s the overview of my observations of introduced species in my region. Not all of them are pests, (and some are ‘introduced’ to my city but native elsewhere in the country) but plenty to choose from there across different phyla: European starlings and house sparrows; German yellowjacket…

If by pest you mean introduced pests and not what farmers just don’t like, then: domestic cats and dogs, Roman snail, house mouse, brown rat, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug, Western Conifer Seed Bug. But if we talk about things that are not introduced, saw 4 Broomrape species.

Totally! There are a couple projects in my area mapping invasive species.

Tons of house sparrows, starlings and other invasive species but this zebra mussel on Lake Texoma is probably one of the worse invasives I’ve seen.

Any animal is fine as long as it is harmful or invasive

“Pest” is sometimes in the eye of the beholder, and what is a pest for one person (or group) may not be for another. That said, some organisms really do cause harm when introduced into the wrong place or under the wrong circumstances. Identifying them on iNaturalist is, on balance, a good thing–alt…

[image] karen5lund: I’m thinking of the tiger that got loose in Florida recently I thought the Tiger was loose in Houston, Texas? As an interesting and relevant fact to “pests”, Texas apparently has the largest Bengal Tiger population outside of India. If I recall correctly, there are approxi…

That famously quoted estimate is likely much higher than the true number, which is probably only a few hundred.

lol https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?place_id=any&taxon_id=83204&user_id=kuchipatchis&verifiable=any https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78861803

Aphids. They slowly kill the plant but if you get rid of its flowers they will go away some times. From my victims ive seen so

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