# Image file type not allowed

**URL:** <https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [May 14, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372 "2020-05-14T07:35:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![pst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pst](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/pst)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372/1 "2020-05-14T07:35:44Z")

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I am new to iNaturalist. On May 13, 2020 in Tusayan, Arizona I took a photo of a Cercropia moth. I didn’t see any other posting of a Cecropia in Arizona. I tried uploading the image, but the file type was not allowed.

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**Author:** ![dreadhorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/dreadhorn/32/4897_2.png) [@dreadhorn](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/dreadhorn)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 9:33am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372/2 "2020-05-14T09:33:08Z")

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What file type are you using?  
Also, have you looked up:  
Hyalophora euryalus  
Which is very similar?

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**Author:** ![nickcarlson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/nickcarlson/32/5630_2.png) [@nickcarlson](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/nickcarlson)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372/3 "2020-05-14T11:42:11Z")

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Have you tried converting the file to an acceptable format?

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**Author:** ![earthknight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/earthknight/32/32879_2.png) [@earthknight](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/earthknight)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372/4 "2020-05-14T13:45:51Z")

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What file format was it in?

If you took it with regular camera rather than your cell phone it may still have been in RAW format (the exact file suffix varies by camera company). Most online sources won’t accept RAW files, and require that they be in something more universally compatible, like JPG, JPEG, PNG, etc.

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**Author:** ![bug\_girl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bug_girl/32/38067_2.png) [@bug\_girl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bug_girl)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372/5 "2020-05-14T23:50:56Z")

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Welcome to the forum @pst!

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**Author:** ![bug\_girl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/bug_girl/32/38067_2.png) [@bug\_girl](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/bug_girl)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372/6 "2020-05-14T23:51:15Z")

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Welcome to the forum @dreadhorn!

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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:** [July 14, 2020, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/image-file-type-not-allowed/12372/7 "2020-07-14T00:02:49Z")

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