# Help with search, please

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-with-search-please/82624>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [July 22, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-with-search-please/82624 "2026-07-22T13:38:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![clightowler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/clightowler/32/35926_2.png) [@clightowler](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/clightowler)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 1:38pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-with-search-please/82624/1 "2026-07-22T13:38:46Z")

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I’ve been struggling with why a search isn’t picking up a specific observation. I’m usually pretty good at getting the parameters set up, but I’m obviously missing something.

Why isn’t this observation … [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383827154](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/383827154)  
appearing in this search … [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic\_taxa=Insecta&place\_id=186491&taxon\_id=120032&threatened=true&verifiable=any](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?iconic_taxa=Insecta&place_id=186491&taxon_id=120032&threatened=true&verifiable=any)

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**Author:** ![paul\_dennehy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/paul_dennehy/32/1319_2.png) [@paul\_dennehy](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/paul_dennehy)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 1:56pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-with-search-please/82624/2 "2026-07-22T13:56:32Z")

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It’s got something to do with the “threatened” status apparently. I toggled that off and the observation appeared. I don’t know how that parameter works though.

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**Author:** ![poptart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/poptart/32/60622_2.png) [@poptart](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/poptart)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-with-search-please/82624/3 "2026-07-22T13:58:51Z")

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Checked if there was a change in conservation status, and I see a few from March 2025: [https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120032/history](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120032/history) I’m not very familiar with the status definitions, but this seems like why?

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**Author:** ![bouteloua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bouteloua/32/1180_2.png) [@bouteloua](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bouteloua)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-with-search-please/82624/4 "2026-07-22T16:45:48Z")

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“Threatened” means the taxon has a conservation status entered on iNat of “Near Threatened” or “worse” for that area ([see Help page](https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000170738-how-to-use-inaturalist-search-urls#Search-by-taxon-establishment-means-or-status-(introduced,-native,-threatened))).

Options:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/3X/3/7/37e600361e6e25f503075fc44593c5c774d7efbb.png)

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**Author:** ![clightowler](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/clightowler/32/35926_2.png) [@clightowler](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/clightowler)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-with-search-please/82624/5 "2026-07-25T21:51:24Z")

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This might be what’s happening, if the status has changed. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/7/7831452cf7f0d653ff1ffd34176334b7ef1b6a17.png) [@system](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2026, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/help-with-search-please/82624/6 "2026-09-23T21:51:34Z")

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