Better Image Matches: Photo Similarity Update to Computer Vision Suggestions

Have you ever tried to identify a caterpillar and wished that the species suggestions didn’t just show you adult butterflies and moths? Now on the website you will see more relevant photos displayed in ID suggestions. We’ve updated the Computer Vision Suggestions on the web to display Taxon Photos that are most visually similar to the observation photo. This improvement should make it easier to determine which suggestions are the best match—across all taxa! We're highlighting insects here but it works for plants and fungi, too! What’s New? Previously, the Computer Vision system displayed the same taxon photo for a species regardless of the observation. Now, it selects the most visually similar Taxon Photo for each suggestion. If you post a photo of a caterpillar, the suggestions will prioritize Taxon Photos of caterpillars. If you post a photo of an adult moth, the suggestions will prioritize Taxon Photos of adult moths. Before this update, the system would show the same default p...