Is there a way to get a view of the most representative pictures of each species of lower tree of life for the given life stage? I’d like for instance, when I select a genus/family, get 2-3 picts each for every lower level species . This because when you are trying to match a picture and want to h…

I use the photo browser for this, e.g. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81985-Araniella/browse_photos?quality_grade=research&grouping=taxon_id

Yes, I would like to know that, if there is already a way. Now it is the same as on Google: lots of pictures of the same species with some others mixed in and no way of creating a bit of order in it. It would be a great help in identifying your plant / animal / …

Do you use the Suggestions tab in the Identify modal? It’s not by life stage, but usually a few photos for each species – and you can add more photos from the taxon page. [image] Also accessible from the Compare button on an observation page.

yes, I use Suggestions in the field and usually I just confirm the genus. Get to species level on desktop after doing some research on species features/documentation only. Reason Suggestions is not covering my requirement is for instance there there is no pic of Araniella opisthographa, which shoul…

[image] edolis: for instance there there is no pic of Araniella opisthographa [image] edolis: Same for rarer ones like A. inconspicua Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean by this, I see them listed [image]

Well, In any case, I’d like a place where I am certain of browsing all the pictures of all species below, even at levels higher than genus - Suggestions does not give me that confidence/cover that.

Quick overview of representative pictures of species in taxa

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jwidness January 5, 2020, 1:51pm 5

Sorry, I’m not sure what you mean by this, I see them listed

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Quick overview of representative pictures of species in taxa

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