Platform(s): Website Description of need: Right now, observations can only be linked after upload (e.g., via comments, observation fields, notes ). This makes it cumbersome to connect related observations (e.g., different life stages of the same individual, host/parasite pairs, or other connected …

[image] sbushes: Supports existing use cases (e.g., linking galls to hosts, parasites to hosts, pollinators to flowers). I should use Duplicate in these situations…

[image] bouteloua: I think this is essentially the same as https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations/1367 no? Ah right, yes, figured something like this must have been already posted. I just didn´t see it… That one has a very long list of suggestions! …its sort of like 13 feature re…

Within that thread, @sbushes , I think @bouteloua may have meant to link to a comment of mine specifically about linking on upload .

either way, your comment is a good illustration of my request here! but yes, that broader feature request is a bit convoluted

I think the gist is the same (link observations together somehow), and that because the staff ultimately decide how the minutiae of a feature are implemented anyway, I’m going to close this one as it’s the newer one. Feel free to share additional thoughts on the existing request: https://forum.inatu…

Add option to link observations on upload

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bouteloua September 10, 2025, 12:16pm 2

I think this is essentially the same as https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/link-observations/1367 no? would you want me to move your post there?

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Add option to link observations on upload

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