In entomology it is common to catch something alive and kill it to identify it and photograph it. Should I annotate this as dead or alive? I reckon alive, as that is the condition of the creature in the habitat on the day I found it, so contributes to phenology etc. But there are aspects of iNatural…

The annotation should reflect the time and place you associate with the specimen. Eg if you use the time and place of original collection, it is Alive.

Observaion=interaction, caught insect was alive, so alive it is.

This is a fascinating question - I would have assumed the opposite as one of the reasons put forward for dead/alive was to allow people to avoid photos of dead wildlife, e.g. when exploring the site with kids. However, as the annotations are little used it isn’t a reliable filter for protecting se…

Annotate dead or alive?

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Annotate dead or alive?

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