# "About" link to bugguide.net mislabelled and wrong

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-link-to-bugguide-net-mislabelled-and-wrong/38297>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [January 3, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-link-to-bugguide-net-mislabelled-and-wrong/38297 "2023-01-03T06:04:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dentalflossbay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dentalflossbay/32/12915_2.png) [@dentalflossbay](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dentalflossbay)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-link-to-bugguide-net-mislabelled-and-wrong/38297/1 "2023-01-03T06:04:54Z")

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**Platform** (Android, iOS, Website): Website

**Browser** , if a website issue (Firefox, Chrome, etc) : Firefox, macos

**URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**:  
[https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/217686-Crambus-saltuellus](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/217686-Crambus-saltuellus) (any insect page)  
Incorrect link to [https://bugguide.net/node/view/66851](https://bugguide.net/node/view/66851)

**Screenshots of what you are seeing** (instructions for taking a screenshot on computers and mobile devices: [https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/](https://www.take-a-screenshot.org/)):

 ![Screen Shot 2023-01-03 at 12.52.49 AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/e/4/e42f7c25a576e2bbe6e665e8ff9d8d6d76243930.jpeg)

**Description of problem** (please provide a set of steps we can use to replicate the issue, and make as many as you need.):

Any insect page (web browser) - “about” tab, under “more info” there should be a link out to [bugguide.net](http://bugguide.net) which is usually a search for the name of the insect in question, but in this case the link is wrong.

Currently (for several differ﻿ent organisms) the link is to [https://bugguide.net/node/view/66851](https://bugguide.net/node/view/66851) and it’s labelled ﻿Cylas formicarius (so it’s going to the bugguide page for a different organism).

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**Author:** ![jdmore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdmore/32/1116_2.png) [@jdmore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdmore)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 6:21am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-link-to-bugguide-net-mislabelled-and-wrong/38297/2 "2023-01-03T06:21:46Z")

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Yes, sometimes a site curator will edit an existing link for a specific taxon page, without realizing that it is a generic link used for all applicable taxon pages.

I have restored the generic link, and left a comment on it that will hopefully prevent accidents like this in the future. Thanks for letting us know.

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**Author:** ![jdmore](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdmore/32/1116_2.png) [@jdmore](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdmore)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 6:22am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/about-link-to-bugguide-net-mislabelled-and-wrong/38297/3 "2023-01-03T06:22:22Z")

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Closed on January 3, 2023, 6:22am UTC


