/r/species

Photograph via snooOG

Devoted to the crowdsourced identification of unidentified species of any specimen including fungi, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.


Species Identification Subreddit

Because it bit you and you might die.
Because you're at the top of the food chain.
Because evolution itself is evolving.
Because not knowing is ignominious.
Because it's what's for dinner.


About

Devoted to the crowdsourced identification of unidentified species of any specimen including fungi, plants, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals.

You post it, and we'll try to identify it.


Goal

The goal is to label the specimen in each post with the common name(s), species name, and possibly add links to sources of information that can back up that claim.


Formatting

Submit a photo or photos of the organism in question and the community will try its best to figure out the specimen's phylogeny classification.

Successful IDs necessitate decent information regarding the specimen. Any relevant info regarding the specimen from multiple photographs (different angles, proximity, et cetera), sighting details, and other circumstantial information is encouraged.

At the very least, make the best attempt to give a location and or time of year and or time of day for the submission. If the photo(s) in question are blurry or less than stellar, please provide a few decent visual details in the description.


Subreddiquette

Hopefully, everyone in the community can chime in and a consensus can be reached.

Upvote constructive responses - ones that you feel are correct IDs or ones that contribute to identifying the post, especially comments that include links or reasons that can help people evaluate them or learn how to identify similar species. If you feel a comment is less accurate or mistaken, don't downvote - comment!

Please provide a dissenting opinion if you disagree with an ID, or add a comment with your opinion on the validity of an ID you agree with. In addition, try to source your IDs and any other background information regarding such identifications, the accuracy, and your confidence levels if applicable.

Also, please adhere to the reddiquette rules and guidelines.


Subreddita

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Superclass: Osteichthyes

Classes: Reptilia/Amphibia

Class: Aves

Class: Mammalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Arachnida

Class: Insecta

Phylum: Annelida

Kingdom: Plantae

Kingdom: Fungi

Fossils

Microscopic (Kingdom: Chromista, Protozoa, Bacteria)

General


Resources


/r/species

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what kind of bite is this

i got this bite which forms a perfect square with a 5th bite in the middle in the same spot on my arm twice now- anyone know what this is? I’m in New Jersey

4 Comments
2024/03/15
18:23 UTC

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Outgrown but not able to get enough

0 Comments
2024/03/12
13:57 UTC

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Looking for a coastal bug

I remember a few years ago I was on vacation in the coastal city of Quingdao, in China. I was on the coast, not a beach, but rather it was rocks all around. I was hopping from rock to rock, when I came across a crevasse between two rocks. But as soon as I popped my head out, a group of bugs resembling cockroaches (not sure how they look exactly) immediately scuttled back down the crevasse, just far enough to avoid my gaze. I would like to know what sort of but that is, but I couldn't find anything online.

4 Comments
2024/03/09
15:53 UTC

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What species is this? Found in Provo, near a creak (2/28/24)

1 Comment
2024/03/01
22:37 UTC

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Can anyone help me identify this specimen? I found it in Tryon, NC a week or so ago (early February)

I have yet to find someone able to identify it, and I’m having a hard time finding anything that looks similar online. I unfortunately did not get any better pictures, only this one :( it was located on the branch of a smaller sized tree right off of a creek.

4 Comments
2024/02/12
05:10 UTC

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4 foot long fish- Arapaima? Head looks too flat…hundreds in a tank in Vietnam

1 Comment
2024/02/11
05:23 UTC

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Southeastern Pennsylvania

I’ve captured and let go lord knows how many of these lol guys. Defining feature is the light brown stripe down its cephalothorax but i’m not sure if it’s a hobo spider, grass spider, or another species. Sorry for the kind of blurry photo as the cup used for trapping is glass.

1 Comment
2024/02/01
19:29 UTC

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On my bathroom wall in Wilderness, Western Cape, South Africa

About 5 cm stretched out like that. I have a bit of trouble sleeping while it's just sitting there a meter from the bedroom (I'm a tourist, no scorpions in my country). Wife said "just ignore it" and fell asleep, great :)

1 Comment
2024/01/30
21:35 UTC

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are there tree species with roots that sting wounds when touched due to antiseptic nature or something?

I'd like to know if there are tree species with roots that sting wounds when touched because they're antiseptic

3 Comments
2024/01/06
16:35 UTC

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are there any flower species which die by normal things?

like watering usual amounts or something. flowers which die when exposed to the normal care practices?

EDIT: common flowers which have an unusual maintenance requirement? Or one you found interesting?

6 Comments
2024/01/06
16:30 UTC

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Can anyone ID this jellyfish?

Found in Koh Lanta, Thailand (near Krabi)

0 Comments
2024/01/02
02:57 UTC

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Does anyone know what caused this? I got some photos and hoping to solve this little mystery

Yesterday, my husband and I were out hiking in our local state park (Alum Creek State Park in Ohio) doing a night hike with our pup when I noticed this tree along the trail. Anyone know what fella(s) caused this? At first I was thinking woodpeckers but it's not typical of anything I've seen around here (been hiking all the park's in my city for 2 years now). Of course, it's only my experience and my husband isn't entirely convinced it's the work of birds so we decided to post it on Reddit in hopes of an identification. The photos are stills taken from a video I made of the tree. I'd post it but it's a lot of me speculating while not getting good footage lol. Thanks for any help!

Here's my Imgur album

ETA: I did forget to mention that this marking goes about 8, 9, maybe even 10 feet up the tree.

2 Comments
2023/12/31
01:01 UTC

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What is this starfish?

Found in a San Pedro, CA tide pool.

3 Comments
2023/12/26
01:28 UTC

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Reproduction between 2 Darwin Finches species

If understood correct, 2 different Darwin Finches species would not breed because of spatial isolation. Since they are considered 2 different species, they would also not procreate without the isolation, is that correct?
But would an artificial insemination work? And would the "hybrid" result be able to procreate with another Darwin Finches?
Thank you in Advance :)

1 Comment
2023/12/25
16:48 UTC

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On boy! Starting to see Rats in my basement!!! Trouble is I live in the basement

GM community team,

So I m not a new home owner. In queens and have begun to see rats inside my place. I recently empties out my shed out back and there were baby rats inside and dead other carcasses. I hadn't been in there in years. So my guess is that it became a home for the outside dwellers. We have racoons, cats, and possums behind the house in wooded areas as well. I live in front of the Railroad.

Make a after construction in the area and a massage flooding in my home. I NOW see RATS. They are gray in color. I have cannot allow them to tear what little house I have left. I am a single mom and need help. I have also of sheetrock down, and do have clutter in the basement. I am beginning my cleanup an throwing away. The basement is where I am beginning to see them. It baby/junior ones to. Not good for me and family! I believe one source of entry is a basement window. Wood is rotted out. I spotted one trying to enter from the driveway. I been here for over 20 yrs. They were not inside.

Community I need help!

9 Comments
2023/12/20
12:13 UTC

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What is this colorful underwater thing? (seen at North Carolina Aquarium)

6 Comments
2023/12/12
21:54 UTC

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Do I need protein sequences needed for every single taxa to compare 2 different families phylogeny and rates of evolution?

If I am comparing phylogenies and rates of evolution of 2 bird families across 3 different genes, should I have those 3 gene's protein sequences available for every single taxa in those 2 families or can the taxa availability differ slightly in each of those 3 genes?

E.g. I have 3 genes. I have 10 taxas total (5 in each family for simplicity). Should all 3 genes' protein sequences be available in every single taxa or can 7/10 taxa have gene 1 protein sequence available and 9/10 taxa have gene 2 protein sequence available and 6/10 have gene 3 protein sequence available.

So each of the 3 trees for 3 different genes will differ in the taxas they have. Is this a way to compare phylogenies when some taxa do not have a specific gene's protein sequence available?

1 Comment
2023/12/06
21:49 UTC

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