observation field: Animal traces & annotation group: Life stage

Hi there,

today I experienced that I need some additional search options in order to find specific observations of my own, and created an observation field in order to filter the search for animal traces. Maybe some of you might want to use it as well, so I thought I share it here ;-)

• Field's name is: Animal traces, https://www.inaturalist.org/observation_fields/12861
• given values for the field: see Appendix
• you need to add this fields to your observations you have the feeling you might want to find again
• url for observations in Leipzig Riverside Forest with this added observation field is: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=leipzig-riverside-forest&verifiable=any&place_id=any&field:Animal%20traces
• in order to search for observations with certain values you can add "=[value name]" in the url
• spaces need to be replaced with "%20"
• more info regarding url/observtion fields in the forum https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/how-to-use-inaturalists-search-urls-wiki/63#heading--obs--field

Note that there are no values for eggs, larval stage cocoons and so on, as they can be searched for with the life stage annotations.

• &term_id= 1 (for annotation group life stage)
• &term_value_id= - the value within the group, e.g. 2=Adult, 3=Teneral, 4=Pupa, 5=Nymph, 6=Larva, 7=Egg, 8=Juvenile, 16=Subimago
• only for observations stuck in higher taxa ID where wanted life stage annotation is not available, I added a value: lifestageannot pending

Happy for hints for missing options in this observation field. Have fun tracking traces!

Cheers
Monika

Appendix: url click list with value names & short explanation in brackets, which is not part of the actual value

Observation field: Animal traces

• track footprints (mammals, birds, etc.) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• track slime paths (e.g. snails) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• track other (e.g. snakes) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• bark galleries (incl. exit holes, saw dust) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• bark mines Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• leaf mines Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• leaf deformations Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• dams
• diggings (in the ground) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• holes/damage (on bark/trees, fruits, e.g. woodpeckers, insects) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• passages (breakthroughs, and alike changes in landscape) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• food storage Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• feeding patterns (on leaves) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• feces Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• frass Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• galls Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• caves/cavities (in the ground, in trees, etc.) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• cocoons/cases Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• nests (mammals, birds, wasps etc., eggs/pupa) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• silky stuff (webs/cocoons from unseen spiders, caterpillars etc.) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• foam Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• feathers Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• hair (e.g. fur pices) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• regurgitated stuff (pellets, hairballs, etc.) Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• exuviae Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• arthropod pieces Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• bones Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• lifestageannot pending Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• no idea Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere
• gerald Leipzig Riverside Forest | everywhere

Life stage annotations

• Adult
• Teneral
• Pupa
• Nymph
• Larva
• Egg
• Juvenile
• Subimago

Posted on December 11, 2020 09:17 PM by mobbini