Hi! New here… really enjoying the site. I was wondering how I should handle a photo that has more than on species in it that I would like confirmation on the IDs. Thanks!

The same way as any other photo, there’re always many species presented, you add an id you want to get, if specimen is far or can’t be easily noticed, adding a cropped version as #1 photo of observation and writing some notes would help with possible cofusion, for other species you should add more o…

Welcome! Use the same photo, but post individual observations for each species. Use the description field to explain which part of the photo you are trying to ID in each observation.

Welcome! Once you add an observation, just click duplicate on the upper right and you’ll have another where you can ID the other species you are interested in highlighting from that photo or photos. Be sure to crop and add notes as mentioned by @marina_gorbunova and @imwolfe

In the notes or the comments This obs is for the bee. The flower is at obs link And vice versa on the flower obs

An interesting example (not mine) - https://inaturalist.ca/observations/17302383 . It may have been better to include a specific link to the observation, but at least we know that the observation in question is not the Owl. Communication is the key.

Funny part both moth and this owl here have the same name.)

People often don’t read the descriptions/notes when identifying unfortunately, so I have found the best way is to mark the photo with a circle or arrow if you can. Here’s an example from my observations with four species included: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93115678 https://www.inatu…

Note that those marks are part of the image and the computer vision model might use those photos. It’s unclear whether that will make a difference in training, but I’d suggest not marking photos. If someone adds a wrong ID, you can tag them in a comment.

[image] tiwane: I’d suggest not marking photos. In one of mine, I did it so as to be sure to avoid being bumped back for “multiple species”: Panamic Comb Venus (Hysteroconcha lupanaria) from Canoa, Ecuador . The observation for the second species, however, was cropped.

[image] DanielAustin: People often don’t read the descriptions/notes when identifying unfortunately Yes, but in my experience they’ll usually withdraw if the observer or another IDer points the description/notes out. An initial ID from the observer also helps, even if it is a coarse ID. If …

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