Someone posted an ID request on the Entomology facebook group of a possible Scolopendra gigantea in a highly unusual location— Rio Cataniapo, Azures Amazonas, Venezuela. Right next to the Orinoco River. It’s clearly a Scolopendra, has a ring furrow, and it has 7 glabrous antennomeres and slender terminals, making S. gigantea the most likely candidate. But what makes it significant is that it’s one of the farthest inland occurrences for this species, and would broaden its range and distribution. So I really want to get it on here. What would it take to do that?
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Hi Brendan,
Welcome to the forum!
Please read through this short thread about a similar question:
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/can-i-post-photos-taken-by-others/
When you get to the end of the thread, if you look at the bottom of the screen, there will be a list of related threads about similar topics.
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Got it, though quite frustrating. Is there possibly another database that could accept it, like GBIF? I’ll post the link on the post just in case.
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Also, if the photo isn’t yours, there’s a higher risk of potential copyright issues.
Brendan’s post was flagged and hidden, but I can see some of it in the notification on my phone.
He asked if he could upload the centipede record to GBIF.
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You could suggest they join iNat and post it themselves. They might have other interesting finds once they start posting…
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I spoke with him and he has VERY interesting findings. He shared photos with me of a semi aquatic Scolopendra he saw in Costa Rica, which is undoubtably an undescribed species. He does have an iNaturalist account, but he’s too “old school” to use it. And most of his photos prior to 2005 have been loss. I’m dying for him to share his most interesting photos on here, but I obviously can’t make him.
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One option might be to work with him to upload his photos to his account – e.g., if the issue is that he finds the interface challenging to use rather than preferring not to share his photos on iNat, you could offer to walk him through the process of uploading observations. I think sometimes people have managed an account on behalf of a family member, but it sounds like maybe you don’t know this person well enough that this would be feasible.
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