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from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 14 Aug 10:11
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Kolanaki@pawb.social on 14 Aug 10:12 next collapse

In the biblical sense?

Bademantel@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 10:33 next collapse

I’m still looking for a good app to identify insects (mostly in Europe). Is iNaturalist the best?

fossilesque@mander.xyz on 14 Aug 10:37 next collapse

Yes.

Bademantel@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 19:39 collapse

Cool, thanks for bringing it to my attention.

wieson@feddit.org on 14 Aug 11:08 next collapse

It is.

  • good automatic id
  • manual id by scientists or enthusiasts
  • you develop your own Pokédex
  • you provide data for scientific research
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 11:41 next collapse

Also, if you put your image(s) under a compatible license (CC BY-SA or less restrictive), we on Wikipedia also pull from iNaturalist for images to add to Wikimedia Commons. It helps a surprising amount.

Bademantel@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 19:38 collapse

Ah wow, that’s great! I’ll have a look.

Bademantel@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 19:37 collapse

That sounds very promising. Thanks for the info.

Cuzscience@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 11:42 next collapse

Seek is also a decent alternative if you want quick results with minimal steps. It’s a more casual experience. You basically scan your specimen with Seek on live video and it identifies it in real-time. You miss out on the iNaturalist community help, but you can link Seek to your iNaturalist account to share observations.

Bademantel@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 19:40 collapse

I’ll try iNaturalist first but if that doesn’t work for my use case I’ll have a look at Seek. Thank you.

InFerNo@lemmy.ml on 14 Aug 16:52 next collapse

I use obsidentify

ook@discuss.tchncs.de on 14 Aug 19:04 next collapse

There was a recent drama around it which had to do with generative AI they wanted to use in the app.

pivot-to-ai.com/…/google-bribes-inaturalist-to-us…

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 23:27 next collapse

I just yell “hey anyone know what this is” and usually someone yells back

Ozymandias1688@feddit.org on 15 Aug 05:54 collapse

I found obsidentify more reliable than inaturalist/seek

Contentedness@lemmy.nz on 14 Aug 12:52 next collapse

That website had a crazy amount of publicity lately here in Melbourne because it was involved in a triple homicide case!

A lady was found guilty of murdering some family members of her ex-husband at a lunch by serving poisonous mushrooms she located using iNaturalist. Cooked into a Beef Wellington, of all things.

The trial was something of a sensation, seemed like it was all anyone talked about for the couple months it was going on.

The guilty last, Erin Patterson, is currently awaiting sentencing.

Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net on 14 Aug 17:39 next collapse

*strained exhale*

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world on 14 Aug 23:26 collapse

sha sha sha! pocket pheremones!