Yesterday I came across a strange problem in one of my observation fields. I use several fields for sorting observations, and this one is probably my most-used at the moment as I attempt to sort katydids. I’ve been working on sorting for the better part of a year and I’m constantly adding, moving, and removing categories as I refine the identifications.
About six months or so ago I went through and annotated a rather distinctive species with the value “Shoulder stripe” (here’s a typical example). But I’ve just yesterday noticed that the observation field page tells me there are zero sightings annotated with that value, and sure enough clicking on it brings up no observations:
This is obviously not correct, as the sighting I linked to above has that value, and I certainly added it to several observations. Furthermore, if I try to find all of the observations through the Explore page, they are all there!
Needless to say I am very confused. I frequently use the observation field page to find observations that I’ve added them to, so I feel like I could have easily missed some through whatever has happened here. Any ideas on what has gone wrong, and any ideas on how to make them show up again on the observation field page?
