Common names invented on iNat

iNat says its purpose is to encourage people to engage with nature.
That needs both common names, and the Greek/Latin/whatever binomials.
We each have our own preferences.
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/scientific-name-vs-common-name/25152

And @bouteloua 's request to
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/select-language-for-common-names/5430

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/decolonization-of-common-names/21512

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/multilingualism/3788

The latest obs from @alesbucek is a centipede (I can also remember Chilopoda as a group) But for that one - Chinese red-headed centipede - I can understand (also Chinese, Japanese and Korean common names for it on iNat). The binomial is secondary for me. And clearly, vice versa for the working biologist.

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