Advanced search for insect images on the Web

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Peter Khramov, 25.04.2016 19:56

If you search for photos, for example, insects in Google/In Yandex. Images, based on the names of these insects, we may encounter two big problems:

1. Google Yandex takes into account the texts around the image, and so on, and so on, as a result of which a lot of all sorts of garbage will be found, and it will often not be obvious from the pictures whether it is actually it or not. This is especially true for species that don't have enough photos on the Internet.
2. At the request of a higher taxon (for example, tribes), photos with captions will be displayed, where the name of the tribe is included, and we often need photos of all lower taxa to be displayed as well.

Question: if there is a gizmo that will search for pictures of insects on the Web and which at the same time is devoid of the disadvantages of paragraphs 1-2, how much will it make your life easier?

P.S. It is clear that there is still point 3 under the title "the author of the photo did not know what he posted on the Network, and the definition of it is inadequate", but this is quite a problem with completely different methods of solving...

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26.04.2016 11:30, OEV

Question: if there is a gizmo that will search for pictures of insects on the Web and which at the same time is devoid of the disadvantages of paragraphs 1-2, how much will it make your life easier?

It doesn't hurt to dream

Personally, my LIFE! the money printing press in my apartment will make it easier

Seriously though

The zoological collections of all museums where a huge number of species are preserved would be very helpful in image search, and most importantly, access to these collections online. To do this, you need to scan (digitize) the copy (preferably from different angles) and all the labels in bm in good quality. In my experience, I came across similar resources and found images, and most importantly, definitions for instances.
And if you need to view, for example, collections of beetles in the ZIN collection, register and see for yourself, compare.
Someone will say this is a titanic work, I agree. But it is necessary, and those people who have access to the entomological collections of museums need to gradually deal with this. Otherwise, we'll just Google