https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194602-Narceus-gordanus If you look on the map of observations for Narceus gordanus, you will see a LOT of observations in the region around atlanta and in some nearer parts of surrounding states. Most, if not all, of them are wrong. There may be some correct ones t…

Taking a guess just browsing the taxonomy, but does CV ever recommend anything other than genus or genus and species? If so, maybe it’s because N. gordanus has more observations than N. americanus (a member of the Complex)?

that’s interesting. it looks like the code does provide for 2 potential paths for determining “nearby”: https://github.com/inaturalist/iNaturalistAPI/blob/main/lib/controllers/v1/computervision_controller.js#L238-L246 . the “else” path is the one that should look for research grade observations with…

It does, but rarely chooses something unusual like a tribe, I think it even suggests complexes.

I frequently work thru weird distribution maps. CV only needs ONE person to offer ONE ID - to then offer that as ‘Seen Nearby’. Sometimes it was ‘forgot’ to mark it as Not Wild. Sometimes it was a, well, it could be, this … which spurs more and more. Wrong wrong still wrong.

beyond the way the CV works regarding what people have wrongly id’d nearby, the Narceus in that area sometimes have a bit of a gordanus-ey look to them no? (Though definitely not N. gordanus of course) More brownish/yellowish rings than some of the more northernly reddish populations. I know kyle fr…

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