I didn’t have this problem until the last few months, and it doesn’t always happen. But now it happens often enough that it’s become a huge problem for me. I’m using IOS 16.3.1. I almost always crop pictures I submit to iNat. I do this on my iPhone because I find it easier to submit than on my lapt…

Please include screenshots of what you’re seeing - without that we’d just be guessing. It would also be helpful to know if you add location to the observation before getting suggestions. Location data is integral to the computer vision suggestions process.

I’ve seen this behavior as well, particularly with tightly cropped images. It may be that the photos the CV system is trained on are mostly organisms in context rather than tightly cropped images. This would potentially lead the CV system to be confused by tightly cropped photos as the CV system m…

You could also upload an example photo (GDrive, etc) that leads to the strange suggestion for other people to try- this can determine whether the issue is system-wide or something specific to a user.

I’ve had a similar issue recently when I try to get ID suggestions for an image that is either (a) without GPS data, and/or (b) a secondary image (e.g. a screen capture with the iPhone of something on my computer screen or an imported image from a different source). These may not be the situations …

@tiwane I’ll try to look for some screenshots I’ve taken of the bizarre suggestions in the past few months. Yes, I add location information before asking for ID suggestions. I also almost always turn off the “show nearby suggestions only” option, as moths often aren’t commonly submitted. I’ve added …

@cthawley my husband did test one of my photos, and he had the same trouble with iNat suggestions even though he’s never had that problem on his own photos. @gcwarbler yes, I’ve been trying to figure out if it happens more with the photos I’ve imported from my “real” camera. It’s definitely happene…

@earthknight the weird thing is that this just started happening a few months ago. I haven’t changed my habits for photo submission, and I’ve been submitting observations to iNat for years. I’ll pay more attention to things everyone here has suggested, and take screen shots to show here when it hap…

Indeed. That is exactly what’s been happening to me. Thank you!

iNat iPhone app not able to ID critters when photo is cropped by iPhone - help me please?

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see https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/inat-ai-bizarre-misidentifications-suggestions/51187/15

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