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Mellita isometra
~6 cm in diameter.
Found after low tide (at "East Beach" Saint Simons, Georgia), near a small tide pool (no rocks, just sand), encrusted in moist sand.
I moved it into the tide.
Spotted on Aug 15, 2015
Submitted on Aug 16, 2015
7 Comments
Thanks Donald. Your efforts are appreciated.
Howdy Daniele, I have finally converted all of the non-genus+species level suggestions that I created the other day into comments.
Hi again Donald. My original comment was only meant to provide you with guidance on how to use our suggestion box. Project Noah's primary goal if to help users reconnect with nature. We have a lot of rather young users, and from that perspective we accept photos where the quality is not always the best. In many cases this will make organisms difficult to identify to species or even genus/family level. However it can always be the beginning of a useful discussion, in the comment section. We are a small team of volunteers currently without funding, and are unable to make immediate improvements to the site. But we are open to suggestions for the future. Indeed this thread is not the place to make such suggestions; so you're welcome to contact us at addresses provided at the bottom of this page, or message us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah
Well if there were ever a chance to ID a Tipulid to species, then this photo (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/234...) has a better chance than this photo (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/158...).
If there were ever a chance to ID a Chironomid to species, then this photo (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/639...) has a better chance than this photo (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/871...).
I have seen worse photos than the latter selections in my examples above. All they are doing is taking up space and cluttering organism searches. In addition, specimens representing both of the above families are frequently tagged or described as "mosquitoes." This website has a lot of housekeeping issues.. That is what I mean.
With that said, this website needs to add a comment section on member profile pages. Having this discussion here is out of place...
What do you mean what do we do about blurry photos? There is nothing wrong with blurry photos, so usually we do nothing. From the FAQ: "We understand that sometimes you might not have the chance to snap multiple photos or even one properly focused photo and that is OK, but please make sure that the species involved can be clearly seen and is recognizable."
If you can see the species, photo is fine. No matter if it's blurry or not.
Very well, DanielePralong. Thank you for getting me on the right track.
What are the PN Rangers doing about all of the blurry photos?
Hi DonaldBeasley, welcome to Project Noah! In the suggestion box please only suggest to genus + species level, using the binomial name. For any other level of taxonomy just write a comment. For reference please check our FAQ page. Welcome again!
http://www.projectnoah.org/faq