I don’t know if this has ever been brought up: I photographically record moth species by counties and months observed for our state moth database. I only require one observation for each species for each month. I moth every night, and when I upload photos for potentially adding new observations, …

No, you shouldn’t create another page. All species deserve to be uploaded as often as you want, if you already have a photo, then why not submit it? I record common species for 5 times a night, if they’re common they will have more observation anyway and it’s cool.

Did you mean to submit this under #feature-requests ?

I totally understand what you are saying, and have no issues with folks doing that if they choose. But in my case, the individual that reviews my sightings does not need to weed through excessive sightings of common species, so I try to limit them myself. I also have limits on my time to what I am …

Wouldn’t it be that individual’s choice to filter out what they decide they want to, rather than you doing it for them? And then you could still post observations of the common species and let other users identify those?

If I might suggest another option – it shouldn’t be difficult to set up a spreadsheet with the moths and months on your computer, and then keep it updated on your own. That might even give you a better idea of which ones you want to focus on each evening.

Can’t you already achieve this with filters? If you put the species of interest into the taxon box, enter the location you’re interested in, select the date range you want, and then enter your username into the user box, you can immediately see if you’ve uploaded an observation for that species/pla…

I am entering as many as 100 moth species or more at a time from a night with my sheets. I currently do what you are suggesting, but it would be nice if before I submitted I knew which species I already had for that location during that particular time frame(day, week, month, etc.) I realize that wh…

Yes, it does look like downloading a report that includes URL links to the observations and to the images is my current best option. Since all species are listed in alphabetical order, he can easily skip the multiples.

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marina_gorbunova August 15, 2020, 9:31pm 6

I’m sure there’re more than one person who can review your obs, if this individual don’t want to spend their time it’s ok, but are you sure they’re against it? Common species spend no time to confirm.

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