Nice highlight @PLOSBiology of the role and importance of organism identifiers at . That is, the experts putting in the time to figure out the taxon of the animal in my and your photos.

My huge appreciation to these experts, particularly in , for they often take the time to educate me and point me to resources for identifying and more.
QT: fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology/1

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The number of observations submitted to the #CitizenScience platform @inaturalist is outpacing the rate at which the organisms can be identified. @...

@PLOSBiology And notice the call out to the project "Bees concentrating nectar" and its associated paper by Zach Portman, John Ascher & Daniel Cariveau in 2021, titled "Nectar concentrating behavior by bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophila)" link.springer.com/article/10.1

Zach Portman and John Ascher are experts specialised in who have identified hundreds of among my observations. Thanks so much!

An example of a concentrating nectar: Nomioides minutissimus, a ~3 to 4 mm long solitary bee observed on a beach in Catalonia. inaturalist.org/observations/1

@albertcardona John Ascher has been my hero since I started posting on BugGuide, and now iNaturalist. It always feels extra validating to get an identification from him.

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