Hello, I have two cases I would like to submit to you to understand whether the organisms can be considered wild or captive/cultivated. Example 1 The arthropods I find in the soil of my balcony pots. Can I consider them wild or are they captive? I have no way of knowing whether they were present i…

I believe from past discussions in this forum that organisms inadvertently transported by people still count as wild, even if they were constrained during transport.

Heya @roberto_costantino !(: Brilliant question! From the FAQs: https://help.inaturalist.org/en/support/solutions/articles/151000169932-what-does-captive-cultivated-mean- Checking captive / cultivated means that the observation is of an organism that exists in the time and place it was observed be…

I would have both scenarios as wild.

Both are wild, since you did not intend for them to be there. Same as if a weed pops up in your front lawn.

Two cases, wild or captive/cultivated organisms?

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Two cases, wild or captive/cultivated organisms?

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