I have found many observations of undescribed species or in doubt of existing species on iNat, especially in my expertise, dragonflies and damselflies of Indonesia and nearby country. Most of them are still at “needs ID” But i’m asking for the general, Should i check no on “can the community ID sti…

Observation fields can be useful for flagging undescribed species, hybrids, etc. See examples: https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields?utf8=✓&q=undescribed&commit=Search and https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields?utf8=✓&q=hybrid&commit=Search

What should we do to observations of undescribed species?

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Leave them as needs ID.
https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/undescribed-species-and-taxa

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What should we do to observations of undescribed species?

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