• Bademantel@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

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

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      12 days ago

      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.

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      12 days ago

      It is.

      • good automatic id
      • manual id by scientists or enthusiasts
      • you develop your own Pokédex
      • you provide data for scientific research
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        12 days ago

        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.