Resources for IDing in a Bunch of Places
Courtesy of @citizen1 's profile
California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations
BC Wildflowers app (with multiple links to plant photos and identification keys)
E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia
Illustrated Flora of British Columbia, 8 Volumes
Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest, 5 Volumes, 1955-1969
Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Manual, 2nd Ed. 2018
Keys to Identification of Alberta Vascular Plants
BC Flora Checklist: B.C. Conservation Data Centre
Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria
And courtesy of @sea-kangaroo 's profile
*General
- IDing flies to Family http://phorid.net/zadbi/education/how-to-identify-flies/how-to-identify-flies-antennae-shape/how-to-identify-flies-cyclorrhapha-test/
- Very helpful tips for photographing mollusks on @susanhewitt profile, and some examples of good snail photos showing multiple views. https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/kueda/3799-biodiversity-oral-history-project-pilot-snails-of-san-francisco
- Tips for photographing/IDing mosses in erikamitchell's comments http://www.inaturalist.org/posts/9864-lichens-and-mosses
- photographing Bush-mallows for identification https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/bush-mallows-the-genus-malacothamnus/journal/7179-photographing-bush-mallows-for-identification
*United States & Canada
- Kaufman Field Guide to Mammals of North America
- The Sibley Guide to Birds [North America]
- US Feather Atlas https://www.fws.gov/lab/featheratlas/result_th.php
- California Herps https://www.inaturalist.org/people/www.californiaherps.com
- Dragonflies of the Southwest http://bigsnest.powweb.com/southwestdragonflies/
- Common Dragonflies of California: A Beginner's Pocket Guide (Biggs) & accompanying website http://bigsnest.members.sonic.net/Pond/dragons/
- Praying Mantises of the United States and Canada (Anderson) & accompanying website https://www.researchgate.net/project/Praying-Mantises-of-the-United-States-and-Canada
- Crabs and Shrimps of the Pacific Coast (Jensen)
- Plant Galls of California and Other Western States (Russo)
- USDA Plants Database http://plants.usda.gov/java/
- The Jepson eFlora (California plants) http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/
- Great resource for OH ferns https://trekohio.com/2014/06/28/basic-fern-identification/
*Caribbean
- The Online Guide to the Animals of Trinidad and Tobago https://sta.uwi.edu/fst/lifesciences/animals-trinidad-tobago
- Birds of the West Indies (Raffaele, Wiley, Garrido, & Keith)
- Reef Fish Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas (Humann & DeLoach)
- Reef Creature Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas (Humann & DeLoach)
- Reef Coral Identification: Florida Caribbean Bahamas (Humann & DeLoach)
*Hawai'i specifically
- Hawaii's Birds (Hawaii Audubon Society)
- Hawaiian Insects http://hawaiianinsects.com/
- The Ultimate Guide to Hawai'ian Reef Fishes (Hoover)
- Hawai'i's Sea Creatures (Hoover)
- Marine Algae of Hawai'i https://www.hawaii.edu/reefalgae/default.htm
*other tropical Pacific islands (including general area references that cover Hawai'i)
- Birds & Bats of Palau (Pratt & Etpison)
- The Birds of Hawai'i and the Tropical Pacific (Pratt, Bruner, & Berrett)
- Reptiles and Amphibians of the Pacific Islands (Zug)
- Reef Fish ID: Tropical Pacific (Humann & DeLoach)
- Reef Creature ID: Tropical Pacific (Humann & DeLoach)
*Australia
- Mammals of Australia (Strahan)
- Field Companion to Mammals of Australia (Van Dyck, Gynther, & Baker)
- The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia (Pizzey & Knight)
- A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia (Wilson & Swan)
- Brisbane Insects and Spiders http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/pchew_brisbane/index.htm
- Insects of Tasmania https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmania/home
- Sydney-area Butterflies & Caterpillars http://lepidoptera.butterflyhouse.com.au/sydbuts.html
- Interactive Australian Dragonfly Identification Key http://rnr.id.au/cgi-bin/species/odonata
- Reef Fish ID: Tropical Pacific (Humann & DeLoach)
- Reef Creature ID: Tropical Pacific (Humann & DeLoach)
- Estuarine Shore Crabs of New South Wales (pdf) https://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/Newcastle/media/Documents/environment/Coast%20and%20River/estuarineshorecrabs.pdf
- Ocean Shore Crabs of New South Wales (pdf) https://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/Newcastle/media/Documents/environment/Coast%20and%20River/oceanshorecrabs.pdf
- The Seashells of NSW http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/
- Weeds in Australia http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/weeds/
- FloraBase: Western Australian Flora http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/
- PlantNET: NSW FloraOnline http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/trad_keys.htm
- Key to Tasmanian Vascular Plants http://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/key.htm
- Victorian Drosera and Utricularia http://www.vcps.org/vicdrosera.html http://www.vcps.org/vicutric.html
- Field Guide to the Mangroves of Queensland (pdf) http://www.aims.gov.au/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=c9dcfc2e-6018-4302-8818-5ab3fe01f91f
*New Zealand
- Hand Guide to the Birds of New Zealand (Robertson, Heather, & Onley)
- NZ Birds Online http://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/
- NZ Bumblebees http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/15743/bumblebee-distribution
- NZ Butterfly http://nzbutterfly.info/id/index.htm
- Splendid Sponges of New Zealand (pdf) https://www.niwa.co.nz/coasts-and-oceans/marine-identification-guides-and-fact-sheets/Splendid%20Sponges
- Coastal Crabs of NZ (pdf) https://www.niwa.co.nz/static/web/coastal_crabs_2015.pdf
- Flora of New Zealand http://www.nzflora.info/index.html
*Europe
- Collins/Princeton Birds of Europe (Svensson, Mullarney, & Zetterstrom)
- Britain's Plant Galls (Chinery)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles: Find Wild Flowers http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/index.html
Courtesy of Millie Basden's profile
PLANTS:
http://www.sdplantatlas.org/ (iNat Photo Guide for Plants is under "Misc Info" tab)
http://sdplantatlas.org/pdffiles/SDCoChecklist5ed2014.pdf (Checklist of San Diego Plants)
Checklist of Vascular Plants of Mission Trails Regional Park
https://borregowildflowers.com/index.html (Desert wildflowers)
https://dn.com.au/Dean_Nicolle_galleries.html (Eucalyptae)
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-identify-grasses/8538 (Grasses)
BIRDS:
http://www.sdplantatlas.org/BirdAtlas/BirdPages.aspx
REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS:
http://herpatlas.sdnhm.org/
MAMMALS:
San Diego County Mammal Atlas (sold in SDNHM Gift Shop)
MOLLUSKS:
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/50920 (Susan Hewitt's photo guidelines)
INSECTS:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/15740
https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide (Diptera)
https://cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca/mw_41/mw_41.html (Ambush Bugs)
GALLS
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/california-plants-with-mystery-galls/journal/39523-130-california-galls-listed-by-plant
GENERAL:
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/ (Natural History of Orange County)
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identification-etiquette-on-inaturalist-wiki/1503 (ID Tips)
https://www.sdnhm.org/education/community-science/ (has link to "Quick Guide" pdf)
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/identification-quality-on-inaturalist/7507 (ID Quality Study)
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki/63 (Search URLs on iNat)