# Edit Taxon photo **URL:** \ **Category:** Curators\ **Tags:** web\ **Created:** [March 4, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436 "2025-03-04T15:35:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bommerer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bommerer/32/54251_2.png) [@bommerer](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bommerer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 3:35pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436/1 "2025-03-04T15:35:54Z")
iNat user just asked me if I could change a taxon photo for him. Apparently he didn’t have the option under curation to edit an taxon photo himself. [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153492-Cicurina-arcuata](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153492-Cicurina-arcuata) Is there a **new rule** that only **curators** can select taxon photos or is there another rule regarding **taxon photos**? please excuse the childish question.💁🏽 ---
**Author:** ![ciafre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/ciafre/32/34691_2.png) [@ciafre](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/ciafre)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436/2 "2025-03-04T16:08:23Z")
I am not a curator and I am still able to edit the taxon photos; “edit photos” is visible for me in the curation dropdown on the right, and I can edit them from there. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/d/e/de86a0d2d55a6b6607dbdfe2c09fa22058c87cf5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dhasdf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dhasdf/32/40579_2.png) [@dhasdf](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dhasdf)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436/3 "2025-03-04T16:18:45Z")
> [most users (aside from relatively new accounts and/or accounts with few verifiable observations) can edit taxon photos](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000184018-what-guidelines-should-i-follow-when-choosing-taxon-photos-) ---
**Author:** ![jfmantis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jfmantis/32/58242_2.png) [@jfmantis](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jfmantis)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436/4 "2025-03-04T16:44:45Z")
And the limits on new accounts are quite new themselves. Prior to a few months ago, anyone at all could edit photos. ---
**Author:** ![DianaStuder](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dianastuder/32/43358_2.png) [@DianaStuder](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/DianaStuder)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436/5 "2025-03-04T16:57:19Z")
There was a bad patch when trolls were changing taxon pictures to roadkill? Then a low barrier was added to prevent bad behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![einsum](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/einsum/32/57161_2.png) [@einsum](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/einsum)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 4:02am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436/6 "2025-03-29T04:02:29Z")
I have very few verifiable observations (two dozen), but I do ID a lot; idk when I can unlock this option. Also, is this option unlocked from the global verifiable observation count (they can be in the Needs ID stage, right?) or for that particular taxa again? ---
**Author:** ![jdjohnson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/jdjohnson/32/1456_2.png) [@jdjohnson](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/jdjohnson)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436/7 "2025-04-02T22:49:24Z")
The observations don’t need to be in a particular taxon or place and they don’t have to be Research Grade. “Verifiable” just means there is enough information that someone else **could** verify it so it must include a date, location, and photo or sound. The thought was, once you have put in the effort to upload 50 observations, you have a good enough understanding of the site that you should be allowed to use more of the functions. Even if you’re in an urban environment there are weeds, insects, pigeons, and other wild organisms to observe. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2025, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/edit-taxon-photo/62436/8 "2025-06-01T22:49:26Z")
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