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Spotted a bug, plant, or mushroom and wondered what it is? SpecieSense identifies the species from a single photo — and shows you why: the features it matched, where it's recorded worldwide, and an honest confidence level. If it's unsure, it says so. And it never claims something is safe to eat or touch — for that it points you to a local expert. Built for the curious — gardeners, hikers, parents fielding "what's this?". Free to try, and I'd love your feedback on where it gets it wrong.
Hi PH 👋 I'm Wayne Wang, the solo dev behind SpecieSense.
I kept taking photos of bugs and plants in the garden and falling down Google
rabbit holes trying to ID them. Existing apps gave me a name but never the *why* —
so I could never tell if I should trust it. So I built the thing I wanted: it
explains its reasoning, grounds the answer in real observation records, and is
honest when it's unsure.
The one rule I hold hardest: it will never tell you something is safe to eat or
handle. For mushrooms and anything you might touch or eat, it explicitly points
you to a local expert. I'd rather be useful and honest than confidently wrong.
Try it with the trickiest photo you've got — and tell me where it fails. That
feedback is gold. Happy to answer anything about how it works under the hood.
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About SpecieSense on Product Hunt
“Identify any species from a single photo”
SpecieSense was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 5 upvotes and 1 comments, placing #94 on the daily leaderboard. Spotted a bug, plant, or mushroom and wondered what it is? SpecieSense identifies the species from a single photo — and shows you why: the features it matched, where it's recorded worldwide, and an honest confidence level. If it's unsure, it says so. And it never claims something is safe to eat or touch — for that it points you to a local expert. Built for the curious — gardeners, hikers, parents fielding "what's this?". Free to try, and I'd love your feedback on where it gets it wrong.
SpecieSense was featured in Photography (143.1k followers) and Artificial Intelligence (473.1k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 117.2k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted SpecieSense?
SpecieSense was hunted by Wayne Wang. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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