A simpler example of the same issue is
obs 1 pretty flower
obs 2 the partnering leaves
obs 3 a wide view
All 3 together is simple to ID. And I use the timestamp to confirm - must all be the same plant.
I am amused that my workaround - Life to Casual irritates people. While in the same breath - duplicates are not a problem.
Issue goes back to 2019
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/duplicate-prevention-notify-observers-if-their-image-checksums-match-others-on-the-site/258 83 votes
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/duplicate-obervations/18378
https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/notify-user-when-new-observation-matches-time-stamp-of-pre-existing-observation/253
I will scale back my identifying on iNat.