Saving effort finding observations

Here's a tip for finding new observations to add to the project without having to sort through observations that are already in the project. For example, let's say that you want to look for parasitized caterpillars of the Northern Apple Sphinx moth.

Start with this link, which provides all of the observations on iNaturalist that are not part of this project (might be slow, since it's currently 34 million observations):
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?has%5B%5D=photos&not_in_project=bus-passengers-parasitoids-on-or-in-caterpillars&place_id=any&verifiable=any

Then in the Species search box at the top, type Northern Apple Sphinx. The number of qualifying observations drops to 300-something, and this group retains the property of not already being in the project. You might need to click on the "Grid" format to scroll through them if the page defaulted to "Map" or "List" format.

Posted on February 19, 2020 03:07 AM by d2b d2b

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Very helpful, thanks! I've already used your link to add more Cotesia observations that I had missed earlier.

Posted by botanicaltreasures over 4 years ago

I had some luck throwing "braconid" in as a search term in the wildcard box; haven't gotten around to adding them all yet: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?has%5B%5D=photos&not_in_project=bus-passengers-parasitoids-on-or-in-caterpillars&place_id=any&q=braconid&taxon_id=47157&verifiable=any

Posted by eraskin over 4 years ago

@eraskin How clever! I took the liberty of following your link and adding some of your finds for you.

Posted by botanicaltreasures over 4 years ago

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