Hello, Apologies if this has already been asked. So we are setting up a butterfly observation project and want to encourage people to record the butterflies. More importantly we want people to record the plants that the butterflies are using for nectar. We would then want to correlate the two to se…

There is the similar observation set field, though I think that is usually used for multiple observations of the same organism, I have used it for a series of observations of toads in the same pond during their lifecycle. See: Using the field “Similar Observation Set” for linking observations of le…

you can either upload both butterflies and plants, and link relevant observations, or only record the butterflies and add an observation field for the plant. each approach has advantages and disadvantages. it is definitely possible to make such a project!

There’re already many pollinator projects that you can collaborate with: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/search?q=pollinator Lots of them have created a myriad of observation fields that makes collating information much more difficult - a common problem with observation fields which are not c…

Thank you! This is beginning to make sense, but I am confused. Taking https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/498 as an example from above, it is based on people filling in the field “Nectar Plant”. When I open up my app on my smartphone to make an observation, there is no field called “Nect…

I am assuming I need to create a traditional project and get people to add the required fields? Thanks for responding.

I think @danaleeling can answer you better than I can.

The mobile apps have a simplified interface and functionality. Currently there’s no way to enter observation fields with the mobile app as has been stated here: https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-enter-the-count-of-an-observation-on-the-inaturalist-app/5912/6?u=exonie You can make observations…

[image] deedesie: I am assuming I need to create a traditional project and get people to add the required fields? [image] astra_the_dragon: I think @danaleeling can answer you better than I can. With all due regrets, I do not have any experience with projects. I found a way as an instr…

[image] deedesie: I am assuming I need to create a traditional project and get people to add the required fields? [image] deedesie: When I open up my app on my smartphone to make an observation, there is no field called “Nectar Plant” to fill in. Are the results from the above based on ‘t…

Correlate 2 different kinds of observations?

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