How can I duplicate my observation for photos or sounds with more than one organism?

Each observation records an encounter between the observer and an individual organism. So if you have a photograph of a bee on a flower, you would have to make two different observations if you wanted to make records for each organism. 

It's possible to duplicate an observation on the iNaturalist website and in the iNaturalist app for Android devices. It's currently not possible to duplicate an observation with the iNaturalist mobile apps for Apple devices.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• iNaturalist Website Upload Page
• iNaturalist Website Observation Page
• iNaturalist Android App

iNaturalist Website Upload Page

On the Upload page of the iNaturalist website, it's possible to duplicate a photo before uploading your observations. 

1. Click on the card of the photo you would like to duplicate to select it.
   
   
2. You will see a blue Duplicate button activate on the top of the screen. Click it.
   
   
   
3. A new card with the same media files, date, time, and location is added next to the original card. Its identification field will be empty.
   
   
   
4. You can now edit that observation card like you would any other, and add an identification to it. 
   
   

iNaturalist Website Observation Page

If you have an exisiting obervation you would like to duplicate, you can do so on the iNaturalist website.

1. Go to your observation's page on the website.
   
   
2. In the upper right-hand corner, click on the down arrow next to the blue Edit button and select Duplicate.
   
   
   
3. A new observation will be created with the same date, time, location and media files, but with no identification, and you will be taken to its Edit page. Add an identification and make any other changes you like, then click Save Observation.
   
   

iNaturalist Android App

If you have an exisiting obervation you would like to duplicate, you can do so with the iNaturalist Android app.

1. Open the observation in the app.
   
   
2. Tap on the three dots in the upper right-hand corner of the observation's page and select Duplicate.
   
   
   
3. A new observation will be created with the same date, time, location, and media files, but with no identification, and you will be taken to its Edit page. Add an identification and make any other changes you like, then tap the checkmark to save the observation.