Nearly 7000 records have been added to this project since we began in February. Wow!

One of the great things about iNaturalist is that many folks are already adding great interaction data to their observations. We can use iNat's search tools to find records that fit our spatial and taxonomic criteria AND have the field 'Interaction->visited flower of:' filled in. That way we can curate which ones are appropriate to put in the project. For example, here's how many observations with flower interaction data are in the different states:

Maine - 6
New Hampshire - 162
Vermont - 22,580
Massachusetts - 895
Connecticut - 824
Rhode Island - 0 (whoohoo!)
New Jersey - 1
Pennsylvania - 557
New York - 7,671

Not every record is appropriate for the project. Some are not flower visitors (i.e., caterpillars) or don't have flower information (e.g., 'unknown'). When we look at specific taxa, some are almost completed! Here's butterflies:
Maine - 0
New Hampshire - 0
Vermont - 1,039 (And a lot of those VT records don't have flower information anyway)
Massachusetts - 0
Connecticut - 2
Rhode Island - 0
New Jersey - 0
Pennsylvania - 0
New York - 15

Whoohoo! For these taxa, it is helpful to look thorugh records without the interaction field to see if they do include evidence of an interaction. For example, this Monarch is visiting a New England Aster and could be annotated and added to the project: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190368639

If you'd like to adopt a taxon and state to curate, let me know, and I can send you a link of observations to review. Here's hoping we can get to 10k by 2024!