I know it has been reported before, but just getting it formalized here. There is still some odd functionality somewhere in the site that allows users to select an inactive taxa for their identification,. See https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20729658 for an example. https://www.inaturalist…

Able to select inactive taxon for ID

tiwane February 26, 2019, 6:18am 3

It’s not coming up for me in Safari. Here’s what “Avicularia h” gets me:

“Avicularia hu” shows nothing.

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