<s>
QuestaGame	B-General_Concept
,	O
launched	O
in	O
2014	O
in	O
Canberra	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
game	O
for	O
photographing	O
and	O
identifying	O
fauna	O
,	O
flora	O
,	O
and	O
fungi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuestaGame	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
reported	O
as	O
driving	O
citizen	O
science	O
by	O
mapping	O
biodiversity	O
,	O
discovering	O
new	O
species	O
,	O
and	O
averting	O
biosecurity	O
risks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
of	O
QuestaGame	B-General_Concept
,	O
Andrew	O
Robinson	O
,	O
advocates	O
for	O
"	O
collective	O
intelligence	O
,	O
"	O
where	O
the	O
expertise	O
of	O
humans	O
is	O
used	O
for	O
species	O
identification	O
,	O
rather	O
automated	O
species	O
identification	O
through	O
machine	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	O
describes	O
QuestaGame	B-General_Concept
's	O
“	O
Pays-to-Know	O
”	O
program	O
,	O
which	O
results	O
in	O
earnings	O
going	O
to	O
a	O
scientific	O
institution	O
of	O
the	O
experts	O
 '	O
choice	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
to	O
leverage	O
the	O
value	O
of	O
environmental	O
knowledge	O
and	O
possibly	O
help	O
to	O
create	O
meaningful	O
jobs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
QuestaGame	B-General_Concept
reported	O
results	O
from	O
its	O
World	O
BioQuest	O
20	O
–	O
22	O
May	O
2017	O
:	O
11,646	O
observations	O
,	O
2,440	O
photos	O
,	O
9,403	O
identifications	O
and	O
689	O
species	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seven	O
new	O
species	O
of	O
spiders	O
have	O
been	O
discovered	O
through	O
QuestaGame	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2018	O
,	O
one	O
player	O
reported	O
the	O
first	O
known	O
sighting	O
of	O
a	O
particular	O
invasive	O
wasp	B-Application
in	O
Victoria	O
(	O
possibly	O
the	O
European	O
paper	O
wasp	B-Application
,	O
Polistes	O
dominula	O
)	O
,	O
highlighting	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
sightings	O
in	O
helping	O
biocontrol	O
efforts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
QuestaGame	B-General_Concept
players	O
in	O
Sydney	O
submitted	O
sightings	O
of	O
an	O
invasive	O
gecko	O
species	O
the	O
Indo-Pacific	O
or	O
fox	O
gecko	O
(	O
Hemidactylus	O
garnottii	O
)	O
previously	O
not	O
known	O
to	O
exist	O
in	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
