Being wrong is fun!
It's always exciting when I am (or might be) wrong
That's when I learn! And, occasionally, when my species count goes up :)
People are typically very nice about it
They don't criticize and often acknowledge that they, too, are learning. I think people who like nature are mostly just like that. Of course, nature is good for us and inaturalist encourages courtesy. With the discussions we get into, some folks are starting to feel like friends I've never met (@wetlandfan, @elytrid, @greenscenery...).
They may or may not explain their reasoning
But, I stop and realize that some of these folks are doing massive numbers of IDs and being asked to render final opinions when other experts are puzzling. That's a lot of work and time.
But when they do, it's Awesome
When folks take time to educate me, I really appreciate it! With apologies to those I left out, here are a few (in no particular order):
@susnyder, @hobiecat, @d\_kluza and @d2b are educating me on butterflies, with @k8thegr8 specializing in caterpillars
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67642957
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67977342
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/63294773@jimlem , @sallypsandpiper, @malisaspring, @joshualincoln and the Ohio Odonata Survey folks were tireless , correcting (or confirming) all 902 observations which I submitted in about a 2-month time frame - while a gazillion other people were pounding in observations too!
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/ohio-dragonfly-survey-ohio-odonata-survey@nomolosx is the kindly king of all things hopper; if he doesn't know, he has a network of experts like @hopperdude215
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64419708@trinaroberts and @edanko haven't given up on teaching me about Syrphidae yet :)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67977332
https://sites.google.com/view/flyguide/northeast/syrphidae-northeast@heatherholm, @susanna\_h, @tachysphex, @seins, @raycama and @matthias22 are helping me learn wasps
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68167501
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/67921090
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66724571@madbiologist18 takes time to explain ants (and quite a few other things, but he does seem to really like the ants)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/65312731
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/64996770@jgw\_atx has provided encouragement and ID resources for those 8-legged critters:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68254102
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/62698875
