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"moved from ID request" - to ?

I've had several postings I put up for ID Requests. I then get an email notification "A page to which you have subscribed has been updated.To view the page, browse to ..." which directs me to the photo and the only "comment" is "Moved from ID Request". But "moved" where? It seems to be a dead end, with no answer to the question of identifying the insect in the photo. Am I missing something or what?

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for any of your images to see where they have been placed and to learn more.

Look at the top of the page
You'll see where your image resides in the taxonomy tree of the guide. This is where is was moved to. For example, your sulphur butterfly picture was moved to the species page for Colias philodice, so that is your ID. The caterpillar picture you posted was moved to Lepidoptera, so you didn't get a species ID. Someone just moved it to a place where someone who specializes in lepidoptera is more likely to see it, and hopefully moves it to a more specific place in the guide. Hope that helps. Welcome to bugguide!

 
moved ID
Thanks!

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