Albert CardonaVisual acuity test: find the grasshopper.
#VisualAcuityTest
#VisualAcuityTest
Mary Fesenko@albertcardona Damn, this is hard! I thought I spotted it by a slightly brighter shade of green relative to the grasses, but, upon zooming in, I saw that it was a leaf! Here’s a more conspicuous green critter I saw in the lab yesterday evening. Do you know what species it might be?
GrantI should add how easy it is to identify insects/flowers these days. If you have an iPhone (I don't know about other devices, but it's available AFAIK)... here's a post where I describe how to do it. Very simple once you know:
Grant (@[email protected])
@[email protected] @[email protected] No, not an app. Very simple. It uses "Visual Look Up" • Take a photo of an insect / flower / animal and a few other things. • Click - little square image (bottom-left) to see the photo. • Scroll down If the subject can be 'looked up', there will be 'Look Up ... ' text plus an 'arrow'. • Click the arrow to see examples. • If you don't want to keep the photo - Delete. If you're looking in a book/magazine/web-page • Take a *photo of the photo* and do as above. 😊
The #iNaturalist app has an automated species/genus/family/order identification system that works rather very well. Plus entries are then curated. It's worth it – and entries contribute to the @gbif database, in use in numerous scientific publications to track invasive species, climate change-induced population migrations, and more.
@albertcardona @gsymon @gbif Thanks Albert, I tried the iNaturalist app and it did identify the insect I saw as an Oak Bush Cricket (Meconema thalassinum)👌I will enjoy using in when I’m out and about and “get excited about animals and plants” as my partner always tells me!