Your top 10 most identfied

[DianaStuder]

There is a huge need for skilled identifiers to tackle mid-level taxa in foreign - plants, flowers, dicots or insects, flying insects - if they can be moved to Family - then the IDs move smartly! Or the CNC25 backlog across the world as we hurtle to CNC26.

[dendroleon]

most of my IDs are to family or order, so my species level IDs are usually reserved for unique/unmistakable critters:

[kblackburn]

My top 10 consists of lookalike species of orange and black butterflies, the majority of which belong to genus Vanessa from all over the world. I was surprised to see my top two most identified species make up over half of my total IDs.

[NatePerk]

Guess what genus I love identifying!

[phma]

The one that’s most poplar.

[NatePerk]

For me, it’s the most popular

[s3alampr3y]

It’s just species common to my area

[birdfishgirl]

I’m pretty happy with mine! I tend to do more IDs for my favorite species, so I’m not really specialized in one area yet like a lot of people are. maybe I need to find a random niche plant or something to start IDing lol

[Ajott]

Wow, I just learned that Hair Ice is an organism I always thought it is chemistry and physics.. so next time I see it I need to observe it obviously

[alecc]

I learned how to differentiate 2 commonly-confused plant species, helped clean up after a genus split, and mostly focus on Québec otherwise

[galaxyfungi]

Not very surprised on mine, either. I have recently been trying to help identify all misidentified F. mounceae in the Pacific Northwest.

[donna165]

I tend to ID the local birds to subspecies so no surprises here. The Chital is there because we planned a trip to Sri Lanka so I did a burst of IDs for that subspecies. Unfortunately we have cancelled the trip due to a certain war. And my increasing interest in spiders is showing with Menemerus making it to the top 10. And we have lots of dragons in our garden.

[kzz]

I’m not the most active, so I have a top 10 (-7).

• Sisyrinchium bellum
• Nemophila menziesii
• Timema californicum

I adore Sisyrinchium and Timemas are fascinating little critters.

[nilshelstrom]

Hey, this is a pretty neat link! Didn’t know you could do this. Here are my own Top Ten… I specialize in northeastern Reduviidae, so it’s not surprising that six out of ten are reduviids (and #11 is as well!).

[tjeales]

No surprises, my favourite genus well represented. I have a type :)

[Steffen]

My list is heavily skewed by my professional life in the international seed trade and e-commerce. Because I spend my days dealing with phytosanitary regulations, B2B logistics, and tracking weed seed contamination across borders, my eyes are naturally drawn to the ruderal plants and noxious weeds that frequently languish in the “Unknown” or “Dicots” queues.

Here are my top 10:

1. Chenopodium album** (White Goosefoot)** – The quintessential agricultural weed; its seeds are everywhere.

2. Amaranthus retroflexus** (Redroot Pigweed)** – A very common global crop contaminant.

3. Sorghum halepense** (Johnsongrass)** – A strictly regulated noxious weed in many import markets; I always try to confirm its presence when I spot it to help map its spread.

4. Avena fatua** (Wild Oat)** – A major headache for grain and seed farmers alike.

5. Echinochloa crus-galli** (Barnyard Grass)**

6. Plantago major** (Broadleaf Plantain)**

7. Convolvulus arvensis** (Field Bindweed)** – The seeds of this plant are notoriously difficult to clean out of commercial seed lots.

8. Elymus repens** (Quackgrass)**

9. Trifolium repens** (White Clover)** – One of the few non-weeds here, mostly because it’s such a ubiquitous commercial cover crop!

10. Rumex crispus** (Curly Dock)**

It’s fascinating to read through this thread and see how everyone’s daily work or specific hyper-fixations completely dictate their iNat habits.My dashboard is 100% weeds and grasses!

[spiphany]

@Steffen

my eyes are naturally drawn to the ruderal plants and noxious weeds that frequently languish in the “Unknown” or “Dicots” queues.

Thank you for your attention to non-charismatic species that don’t always get a lot of IDer interest!

[GothHobbit]

Welcome, @Steffen, and echoing What @spiphany Said. Most grasses are my Achilles’ Heel, and I am ever grateful to those who can get them past Order.

[vxlpix]

[jurrien]

Well not really shocking for me :)
Mostly observations of land snails species originating from or within Europe. Also some “exotic“ species which I’ve found on holidays…