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data = {'specimen': ['copepod','non-copepod'],'specimen_label':[0,1]}
df = pd.DataFrame(data,index=['img1','img2'],columns=['specimen','specimen_label'])
#         specimen  specimen_label
#img1      copepod               0
#img2  non-copepod               1
df1 = dict(zip(df.specimen.unique(),df.specimen_label.unique()))
#{'non-copepod': 1, 'copepod': 0}