The fastest way to learn spiders is to try and ID them. Why not try help us nudge our spider observations to species level where possible?
Pot-luck: Any spiders needing ID:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&project_id=spiders-of-cape-town&place_id=any
You can refine this by placing any family or genus in the "species" box. ID your favourite group!
Spiders needing ID at Order level
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual%2Cresearch&project_id=spiders-of-cape-town&lrank=epifamily&place_id=any
Spiders needing ID at Family & Tribe level
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual%2Cresearch&project_id=spiders-of-cape-town&lrank=subtribe&hrank=family&place_id=any
Generic level observations needing identification
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual%2Cresearch&project_id=spiders-of-cape-town&lrank=subsection&hrank=genus&place_id=any
Species needing confirmation (the nudge to Research Grade)
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=needs_id%2Ccasual&project_id=spiders-of-cape-town&hrank=complex&place_id=any
Review Research Grade observations - are they right?:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=research&project_id=spiders-of-cape-town&place_id=any
Remember to agree if you are certain of the ID.
All these links use the Identification Tool - which is super efficient. Take a two minute tutorial in how its works (or review it if you need a refresher).
https://vimeo.com/246153496
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Stats as at 13 Dec 2022 for Spiders in Cape Town
1,571 - Order-Superfamily level IDs (18%)
1,567 - Family-Tribe level IDs (18%)
2,274 Generic level IDs ( see the top genera needing ID here) (26%)
806 Species level IDs (needing confirmation) (9%)
2,348 Research Grade ID (27%)
8,711 Total observations of Spiders in Cape Town.
That is actually very useful! If I have the time over the next couple of weeks, I'll zoom through mostly the order leveled ones.
Unknown Spiders. Have cleared Cape Peninsula and Western Cape - where I can
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=casual,needs_id¬_in_project=153322&project_id=153422,153421,153420&identified=false
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/identify?quality_grade=casual,needs_id¬_in_project=153322&project_id=153422,153421,153420&lrank=phylum
From this forum post
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/typically-ided-wrong/38147/29
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