Evidence-based · Naturalist guide
Identify any living thing, and see the reasoning.
Photograph a plant, insect, bird or fungus. SpecieSense names it and shows an honest, evidence-based verdict.
Monarch butterfly
High confidenceDanaus plexippus
- Orange wings with heavy black veins and a white-spotted border.
- Ruled out the Viceroy: no black line crossing the hindwing.
Couldn't confirm: sex needs a clear view of the hindwing; males have a dark scent spot.
One tool for the whole tree of life.
Insects, plants, fungi, birds, reptiles and more. If it's alive and you can photograph it, you can identify it.
It will never tell you something is safe to eat or touch.
For mushrooms and anything you might handle, it points you to a local expert instead of guessing. Useful and honest beats confidently wrong.
How it works
- 01
Photograph it
Snap any living thing: a leaf, a beetle, a bird, a mushroom. Add where you found it to sharpen the match.
- 02
Watch it reason
It studies the photo, weighs the look-alikes, and cross-checks every candidate against a large body of real-world observation data.
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Get an honest verdict
A clear determination with a confidence level, the reasoning behind it, reference photos, distribution, and what it couldn't be sure of.
Evidence-based
Every verdict is grounded in real-world observation records, not a black-box guess.
Explainable
You see the reasoning: the distinctive features, the look-alikes ruled out, and why.
Honest about doubt
When a photo can't settle it, it says so, with a confidence level and what to recapture.
Curious what that is?
Your first identification is free. See how it reasons, then decide.
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