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Some taxa (parasitic wasps, for instance) get identified right away when posted to ID request. Others (e.g. Mutillidae, Collembola, Acari, and Anthicidae) will always be moved into the guide before being identified. It takes some familiarity with the site to know which taxa are best posted where, so for now I would advise posting parasitic wasps to ID request and other things into the guide.

Thank you for this insight. I did not know how to do this before, but I will be sure to post my images into the guide from now on.

I'd always recommend posting to one's deepest level of certainty (with an emphasis on certainty). At this time of year especially, posts to ID Request will rapidly be buried under pages and pages of new submissions, and may not attract expert attention. You're correct that parasitic wasps will often get ID'd quickly from ID Request; however, they will also get ID'd quickly if posted to Parasitica, or Ichneumonidae, or Chalcidoidea, as appropriate. ID Request is best used when one doesn't have a clue what one is posting.