Your top 10 most identfied

[That_Bug_Guy]

Something big is about to happen! The Asian Lady Beetle is about to overtake the Mallard for my most identified species! The Mallard has been at the top for years, but now, only tens of observations separate it from 1st and 2nd place. The gap is shrinking!

Other ladybugs have been making ground as well. The Convergent Lady Beetle now sits at a comfortable fifth place right behind the Muscovy Duck. And the Variegated and Spotless Lady Beetles have gotten a foothold in the top 10. This has pushed the Green-winged Teal and Siberian Squill to 11th and 12th respectively.

The birds are certainly losing ground to the ladybugs. Who would’ve guessed!

[Ajott]

I mean, in the end you are the BUG guy … thanks for your great efforts in IDing… your numbers are impressive!

[Thunderhead]

With as often and as quickly as you ID my lady beetles, I was surprised it wasn’t first already!!

[That_Bug_Guy]

I know! I’ve had an identity crisis before I started identifying ladybugs lol

[That_Bug_Guy]

Happy to help! I’m just waiting on the identify page pressing reload until new observations come up, ha!

[vbjanos]

Mosses and grasses

[martyndrabik]

Lots of ‘easy’ species for me. I enjoy going through the Needs ID for Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians and helping where I can. Most other taxa are beyond me, but I am fairly capable at these in terms of Ohio species.

[cs16-levi]

Here are mine, my goal is to get the species in order. So, 5k, 4k, 3k, 2k, 1k, etc.

[jasonhernandez74]

Wow, you are really into black widows!

[cernunosse]

Je ne sais pas du tout ce que vient faire ce buffle ici, mais sinon, le reste correspond à des espèces de ma zone géographique

[cs16-levi]

At first it was out of interest for the amazing species, now it is also from necessity. People so frequently incorrectly id them based off of assumed range that large amounts of RG observations are incorrect.

[isopodguy]

I must have gone on an identifying spree of pale beauty moths at some point.

[quyksilver]

I personally focus on the four species of genus Araucaria most commonly found in the Americas: Parana pine, Cook pine, monkey puzzle, and Norfolk Island pine. I’ve also gotten a bit more confident IDing Bunya pine and Hoop pine recently. So my top ID’d does not reflect where I life (Iowa) at all!

[jasonhernandez74]

@quyksilver

So my top ID’d does not reflect where I life (Iowa) at all!

Nothing wrong with that. Parts of the world with few identifiers can use the assistance of the international community.

[quyksilver]

And I didn’t think there was anything wrong with that–I just thought it was interesting since most people do seem to focus IDing on the area they live.

[papernautilus]

Mine are all the most ho-hum Panamic-Pacific mollusks

[GothHobbit]

There is nothing ho-hum about mollusks. The beauty and diversity of forms always amazes me.

(Of course, I’ve mostly lived in land-locked areas, so take that with however big a grain of salt as you like.)

[quyksilver]

Yes, I live in Iowa so when I went to see friends in the Los Angeles area I made sure to go to some tide pools to get marine creatures. It’s cool you get to do that every day!

[nousernameavailable]

My most ID’ed non-fish is Adesmia cancellata at I believe #48 on the list.

The reason I have so many morays is mainly trying to clean up as many needs IDs as possible. For some reason, even some fairly easily identifiable species have such high rates of needs IDs compared to most other reef fish groups.

[That_Bug_Guy]

It finally happened! After months of outpacing the Asian Lady Beetle, the Mallard was usurped! It now sits at a very close second and will probably take back its crown sometime soon. The balance of power between these two species stays uneasy…

Other than that, most other members of the top 10 remain unchanged. I do notice though that the Variegated and Spotless Lady Beetles have swapped places.