Hi all. I’ve been adding and editing taxon photos, since I’m anxious and find it soothing. Here’s a gentle reminder that while the default photo / icon should be bold and pretty, the rest of the taxon photos should include: As many life stages as possible (seed/flower/fruit or egg/larva/pupa/adu…

Also a reminder that anyone can edit these and not just curators. A lot of users aren’t aware of that and I think it would generally be helpful if they did!

certainly, I encourage all users to add photos from RG. however, if you are unfamiliar with the taxon you may want to leave the existing icon and first photos in place.

I really like to add new photos to taxa, or find new ones on the already existing RG. Also also: How does one change the normal square of taxon photos to 3x3? Just a question

once nine or more taxon photos have been added, it changes to the grid.

and if it is IDed as That species because of XYZ, then that should be in a taxon photo. I also shuffle the order, so the first four each show something useful, then the extra views can follow. And the full size portrait of a proud angler with a little fishie … doesn’t make a useful taxon photo.

The Identify interface displays two photos in its list of taxa. It’s nice when those two in particular cover as much as possible. If applicable, I find it especially helpful if they are two different commonly found stages or cover a dimorphism, like adult and larva, flower and fruit, male and female…

Pro tip: If you want to add a specific observation photo to the taxon photos, but don’t want to spend endless time clicking the “Next” button until you find it, you can enter an observation’s number into the Search field to see that observation’s photos.

[image] astra_the_dragon: once nine or more taxon photos have been added, it changes to the grid. That doesn’t seem to work for me.

I think it is only for genus and higher…

Clarifying language for those in the back… I understand what a taxon is. But what is a taxon photo? From the context, is it simply the photos we upload to iNaturalist? Do you call it taxon because many times identifications are only to genus, family, order…?

Reminder: Taxon photos should include multiple life stages

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Reminder: Taxon photos should include multiple life stages

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