App to identify edible bugs, caterpillars, etc. ?

[BigBlueHen53]

You stole my reply! I was going to post this as my app:
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No, they didn’t eat the hand pruners either.

The hen at top is unusually marked, what is she?

 

[Mother of Chaos]

The hen at top is unusually marked, what is she?

These are my two new young’uns! The top one is a 10-week-old Easter Egger, and the bottom one is a 12-week-old Speckled Sussex.

We’re waiting to see how Willow’s (the EE) adult plumage comes in. Her head isn’t as black as when we got her four weeks ago, but our 7-month-old EE has reversed colors, I guess you could call it. This is she on the 1x10, with the littles behind her.

 

[Cobber]

I just worry, given some of the nasty poisonous caterpillars one hears about.

They ate the caterpillar this morning, no ill effects.

 

[Cobber]

The chickens know what's edible. I've tossed slugs in for them, not interested.

Mine won’t eat slugs, although we have a good supply.

 

[MROO]

These are my two new young’uns! The top one is a 10-week-old Easter Egger, and the bottom one is a 12-week-old Speckled Sussex.

We’re waiting to see how Willow’s (the EE) adult plumage comes in. Her head isn’t as black as when we got her four weeks ago, but our 7-month-old EE has reversed colors, I guess you could call it. This is she on the 1x10, with the littles behind her.

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VERY pretty lady!

 

[Mother of Chaos]

I just worry, given some of the nasty poisonous caterpillars one hears about.

They ate the caterpillar this morning, no ill effects.

Well, except for the caterpillar!

 

[littlecoopnextdoor]

iNaturalist is a fantastic app for ID but also for recording your sightings! It’s got a map as well for local areas. I generally don’t let my chickens eat caterpillers I find unless I know they’re invasive (like japanese beetles or rose sawfly larvae) as I want to make sure the native insects survive in our habitat. Of course I can’t help what crawls into their run, but I mean more when they’re out in my gardens.

 

[Red Horse]

I second iNaturalist, its free and scientists can actually use your data to track certain animal/insect populations if they can verify your sighting! Its used a lot in citizen science projects near me. Even if the app itself can't ID what you found, there's usually an expert lurking around who can if you make your sighting public.

 

[Sunshine_Chick]

https://www.insectidentification.org/

Don't know if they have an App, but an excellent site to ID Insects. Various ways to search as well. I was told about the site by a DVM.