Comment by doodlebugging
12 hours ago
Have you tried iNaturalist? [0]
Insects, animals, plants, etc get posted from all over the world for ID.
[0] https://www.inaturalist.org/
I post lots of photos of things I find locally and experts step in and help ID the subjects when I don't know what I'm seeing.
I also have a couple of AudioMoths for recording local sounds including birds, insects, etc. Very high quality units at a reasonable price.
I have seen this Mothbox posted a couple of times and almost bought one since I know I have tons of moths attracted to my native plants out here, but the price is a sticking point right now. I think something like this combined with an AudioMoth and some trail cams would be a good local wildlife monitor setup.
edit so it turns out, at least a significant part of inaturalist is in fact open source of some kind. I never realized, I’ll have to look into this more. I appreciate you getting me to take a second look https://github.com/inaturalist
This may be exactly what I need: https://www.inaturalist.org/sites/network