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dpack
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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i know what you mean about field guides.
with plants as you say if it is in flower id is pretty easy
shrooms are definitely a book thing, once past the first few hundred spp it is a book thing with lots of abbreviations and few pictures ( and a microscope at times )
insects etc the popular ones have a good online presence but owt with less "charisma " or "fear " factor require finding specialist id info online or from books.
the gap between it is a snail and it is that subspecies of that obscure branch of the slimey hoard is the tricky bit
i have had a play about with image recognition stuff online with some success, drop a photo in the box and it looks for similar images online.
if the snap has a nutral background it improves accuracy a lot.
i am going to play more with that cos it seems ideal for papping invertebrates , snap en, show em get a name.
if it works half the time that means there are only half to do manually and a manual confirmation is easy if the photo id is right
some can only be identified to an exact name by counting the hairs on their middle legs or whatever, i guess that level of detail will require the field guide to that family.
it works with antiques quite well and with plants gives a result or a head start most times.
i recon there is a lot of id stuff online but most is either vague or very detailed , i have found it useful for some things, expert knowledge has filled some gaps ( thanks folks ) and i will have to try to find the right books for a wide range of inverts.
the 300 + bee book might be handy, there are some that visit that i have never seen elsewhere. there is a tiny dark coloured one , bout 6mm long, definitely a bee rather than a wasp or fly or bug , it was a surprise when i got near enough to see a bit of detail. |
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Jam Lady
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Jam Lady
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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Jam Lady
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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