I enjoy learning and teaching and I am more interested in figuring things out rather than being right.

A note about most insects I observe and subsequently identify: I often use iNat. AI to guess to family or genus and I know almost nothing about taxonomy. Mostly my guesses are thus just a shot in the dark; if you know better, and see my multitude of mistakes, just blast through and ID whatever you wish and send me a note telling me to be sure to eliminate my guesses. I happily eliminate my poor guesses and always appreciate your efforts to help.

Me gusta documentar la biodiversidad pero no sé mucho al nivel de especie. Mis identificaciones solo son para intentar ayudar y me equivoco muchas veces. Si creen que estoy equivocado no duden en decirme no hay problema asi aprendo :)

My maverick IDs: https://www.inaturalist.org/identifications?user_id=rudygelis&category=maverick

links and website useful for ID:

butterflies of the americas: https://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm

butterflies in the Amazon: http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Amazon%20-%20Charis%20anius.htm

butterflies of cotacachi: https://www.cotacachi.eu/en/

best for line drawings of all orchids: https://orchid.unibas.ch/index.php/en/database-search/advanced-search?reset=1

orchidspecies.com great for pics, plus often synonymy and more

florula of nearby maquipucuna: https://maqui.ucdavis.edu/

orchids of maquipucuna: https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/sites/default/files/rapid-color-guides-pdfs/166_Maquipucuna_orchids_1.pdf

vascular flora of ecuador, outdated but nice to see thousands of herbarium specimens' locality data: http://www.tropicos.org/ProjectAdvSearch.aspx?projectid=2

2-face book groups: REIVINDICANDO A LAS ARAÑAS (Vindicating SPIDERS)--one of my favorite groups; admins strictly control postings and fear and idiocy; Faceplant, mostly in Spanish, superb for botany; planet pleurothallid; epidendrum; American Orchid Society;

great website for ctenids: https://www.wandering-spiders.net/ancylometes/gallery/

youtube videos of Mindo project during pandemia: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCio0RKTvh0nkvh5nLvW-csA/videos

A lot of, as yet, undescribed orchids. Here are some pleurothallids:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93105968
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105578362
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78760189
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/124143807
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78732168
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/78649096
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74985599
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/74969764
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66934815
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/50493299
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/48500207
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46770731
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20162594
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13223555
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/38845475 maybe same as : https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153568460

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/88763051
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47932423
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14540000
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117760489
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16171687
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36306195
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/35582622
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20285096
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/123624576
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141018598
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/118702915=148855612

To be on the lookout if exploring far from home: Epidendrum
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107868273
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105030838
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107868271
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93105929 nearer to home

A world record in birding:

1) an interview of me talking about the Big Day: https://vimeo.com/142512940
2) an interview with a Viking about the Big Day: https://vimeo.com/142393810
3) an interview with a Dutchman about the Big Day: https://vimeo.com/user13440845
4) scouting and dunking a basketball for the biggest day in birding history: https://vimeo.com/144011883
5) dawn chorus of the Big Day, 08 oct 2015: https://vimeo.com/143055241
6) random clips from scouting for the Big Day:
https://vimeo.com/143878885