Mixture of live and specimen images - annotation question

General
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Hi all,

I am struggling slightly with how to annotate my insect and spider observations, many of which have a live photo in the field and then dead specimen photos added later to the same observation. I am seeing some forum topics that do address this for the most part, e.g.:

https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/dead-alive-annotation-its-purpose/9806

But I am still not sure I have clear guidance. I guess I should annotate these as “alive” even though there are also dead specimen pics included? Or just leave it un-annotated?

Thanks!
Ken

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I believe the annotation should refer to the status of the organism at the time and place indicated for the observation. I would also clarify in the description the status of the other photos.

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Also as you add time of an observation, it is the second reason to annotate it as alive, you observed the animal when it was so.