Long-Term Observation of a Pond Water Community: Casual or Not?

As I’ve said before, I personally think the important thing is that all the information matches. To me this means that a photo that shows an organism with the same appearance as on the collection date is ok to be marked wild with the date and location of collection. We can discuss what “same appearance” means, but I think minimally something that changed from egg to larva, or larva to adult has changed significantly in appearance. If the organism has changed in appearance since collection (or it is unknown whether the organism has changed in appearance), I would mark that photo captive with the new date and location.

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