Identifications
Is it a waste of time posting Identifications to species/subspecies level ???
I have got to the realization that it is, unless there is a pic correct or not on the web, or some thing between an embrio and a Expert agrees . Well, an agreement for no other reason besides getting browny points, means Zilch and is non-relevant... A seriously bad place to be. have reverted to giving genera ID,s but sure if I just agreed that it as a beetle, would get agreements (been told things are plants, insects ect --- OH great what a revelation - maybe I should learn that things with leaves are not insects and things with six legs are not plants - those imparting this fantastic information have + 3000 identifications behind their name, so they should know, amazed that this extreme knowledge, can not get past cerambycidae, come on the sub families are easy, tribes are basic... genera slightly more difficult, and exponential move to species (unless you are in the America continent - just look at pretty pictures - cinder-garden style - why even think of learning what the characteristics if a Tribe is ---------- just look at pictures (oh again we need pictures not knowledge... great) Is this what we call a Citizen Scientist (a pretty picture searcher?????????) Great science is going to move forward in leaps an bounds .......... just not sure of the direction, might need to rewrite some of the 1700 (year) books.
But their is a bright future, as-long as people that do not have a clue want to show how many ID's they have made (sic) --- damn we might even find an insect with flowers -- what a find for nature, --- should be a sensational article, even if written by an embryo.
