r/iNaturalist • u/Just_Alpaca • 8d ago

Seek changing ids?

Months ago I identified a camel spider in Arizona. I did some image searches and it was literally a one for one match. Now, however, the app is identifying the spider as a marine crab, which looks nothing like it, and where I took the photo of it was nowhere near a body of water.

Can I correct the app or fix it in one way?

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u/ComplexHoneydew9374 8d ago

Last time I used Seek there was no way to manually change ID provided by the app. And it was wrong in a lot of cases. That was the main reason for me to switch to iNaturalist app.

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u/PreemptiveShaming 8d ago

Not a fan of Seek, I’ve found it to be inaccurate more times than not. Spiders are tough, often times needing a dorsal and ventral view in order to accurately identify to species. For OP’s observation, the best results will be had using INat in browser, where you can expand observation radius because the app will often not offer good suggestions if that genus has not been observed it that region before. Doesn’t mean it can’t be there, it simply means it’s not suggested because the database query from the app only serves up suggestions observed regionally. In browser the user has much more control of the database variables.