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Name for new article

Steelblue ladybird (Halmus chalybeus)

I'm going to add a brief article on a ladybeetle found in New Zealand, the Steelblue ladybird (Halmus chalybeus). What name should I use for this species? If I use the common name, do I use ladybird, ladybug or ladybeetle? And (again, if using the common name) I use a lowercase 'l', right? Richard001 (talk) 07:45, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

You use whatever the people in New Zealand call it. If their word is "ladybird" (as it appears to be: "Halmus chalybeus" steelblue site:nz), then the article goes at steelblue ladybird (with a redirect from Halmus chalybeus, naturally). The fact that people on other continents, or non-laypeople use "ladybug" or "lady beetle" is of little consequence; the common name is "steelblue ladybird", so "steelblue ladybird" it is. Capitalisation is less clear-cut, in general, but there is a clear precedent for lower-case beetle names here. --Stemonitis (talk) 07:52, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Sorry guys hope I didn't tread on anyone's toes but I changed this article to its scientific name. Casliber (talk · contribs) 11:10, 4 April 2009 (UTC)

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ID help

Some unknown beetles and butterfies here, thanks jimfbleak (talk) 07:21, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Proposed project of interest - organismal biomechanics

Hi all, I'm trying to start a Wikiproject to cover Organismal Biomechanics, and I was wondering if anyone else would be interested? Articles such as animal locomotion. gait, muscle, and similar would be our targets. See my userpage for a list of what I'm planning to work on, including some truly awful articles in desperate need of attention. See proposal page at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Proposals#Wikiproject_Organismal_Biomechanics. I'll keep anyone who signs up updated via their userpages until I get a project page made. Help of all kinds is appreciated, from brain dumps to wikifying, grammar and dealing with references. Mokele (talk) 00:28, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Cochineal

This FA could really use some cleanup so that it could finally main page, and to assure it maintains that status. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 02:37, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

yellow in biology

This article -yellow is a collaboration rticle - was hoping some bio poeple had good sources of yellow in nature to rewrite Yellow#In_biology more like Green#In_biology. Anyone keen? Casliber (talk · contribs) 21:34, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Number of crustacean species currently known

According to Wikipedia's article on crustaceans, over 52 000 species of crustaceans have been identified up to date. This contradicts what I have read in some books that I have. The ScienceBook, by Marshall Brain, lists the number of species as 38 000, the book being written in 2007. Also, Pflanzen und Tiere (Plants and Animals), a German field guide from 1990, lists it as 20 000. And yet, the article has read 52 000 since 2006. Could someone help me out? User:Crustaceanguy, April 17, 2009 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.243.13.191 (talk) 00:10, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Sorry about the previous comment. I forgot to log in. User:Crustaceanguy, April 18, 2009

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Zoraptera

Just made some changes on the order Zoraptera. Could some of you check them out and give me some feedback please. I am new here - so please help me to learn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jurzi (talk • contribs) 19:15, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

• Welcome to you, Jurzi. A few admin things. First, sign your edits (everywhere) with Heds (talk) 04:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC). Second, it's handy for all editors to leave a short edit summary (I see you did so for a couple of edits). Third, as a member of Project Wikify, I can tell you that we have many, many articles that could be gretaly improved simply by improving layout (headings, format etc). Can I suggest you have a look at the Wikify project page, but also this guide to help you learn how to write a good article. You might fix Zoraptera's layout as a test. On the technical side, Go to here (if it's working) and have a look at some Featured Articles to see what you're aiming for. All the best, Heds (talk) 04:46, 28 April 2009 (UTC).

Article classification page

Does anyone know why the article classification page has stopped working? Heds (talk) 04:48, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Time to archive?

I don't know how it's done, bit it stikes me that the talk page could do with archiving, given its length and the time since last archive. Would someone like to do it? (I'll take the time to learn how one day...) Heds (talk) 04:49, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Agree, have just added auto-archiving to the page. It should go to work soon. Shyamal (talk) 09:18, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Shyamal. Heds (talk) 00:03, 29 April 2009 (UTC)

New photo, ID help please

Hi, I've just uploaded these photos I took near Campo Limpo Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil. Their size is approx. 1cm. From what I've seen, these guys seem to all come from the same batch of eggs. Possible?

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Leon-bojarczuk (talk) 00:11, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Bugboy52.4 wrote: "The exact species would be difficult because these are nymphs of a species of Hemiptera or True bugs, not beetles. The closest conclusion would be Lampromicra senator or the Green Jewel Bug." — thanks! Tom-b (talk) 15:42, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

Dyanega wrote: "Those aren't Lampromicra - those are all in the genus Pachycoris - one of the most remarkable insects in the world, in terms of the color polymorphism possible in the adults in a single population; as nymphs they all look the same but they're almost as variable as fingerprints when they become adults. Peace" — thanks! Tom-b (talk) 10:24, 29 May 2009 (UTC)

IDs needed on a large batch of images

For anyone that might be interested, Neelix has uploaded a large group of images that need IDs. Some are quite good and not using these in articles would be a grand waste. They've been split by subject (flowers, plants, insects, spiders, etc). Please feel free to drop by and label them! Once identified, I will transfer them to Commons with new filenames so they may be used universally. Thanks in advance. wadester16 | Talk→ 06:07, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

Mantis ID

Last night I caught a small nymph of a mantis species, and wanted to identify its species. It was in south-central Missouri. I am guessing it is Stagmomantis carolina, but I know nothing of this species range, or other species' ranges. Any guidance would be appreciated! StevePrutz (talk) 16:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

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Did you know that species article titles can be italicised?

I found out yesterday that it is possible to italicise the main title of article of species and genuses - like on this article Thalassina for example (I don't mean by using ''Thalassina''). There seem to be a lot of articles where this hasn't been done. It can be done by removing the "name" section from the taxobox - this doesn't change the taxobox at all but does change the article's title. The diff for doing this to the above article is here if you're not sure what I mean. Hope this is useful! Smartse (talk) 21:48, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

Holy crap! How'd you do that.....there are an awful lot of plant and fungus articles in that category...Casliber (talk · contribs) 22:11, 23 May 2009 (UTC)

I found that {{italictitle}} can also be used on pages such as Homo (genus) or if the name in the taxobox is a common name. Good isn't it! Smartse (talk) 09:45, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

What is a good picture of an insect?

Is there a guideline in place, or general suggestions for what is a good picture for the taxoboxes, and for the articles themselves? I have pictures of insect species outdoors, on twigs, in captivity, in a whitebox, etc. but don't want to use these on pages and muck everything up. Jasonaltenburg (talk) 14:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

I would assume that if the pictures were clear, and you can see the insect, it would be fine. And if your replacing a picture, it would be obviously better then the previous. Other then that would be you own decision, because I don't think there is any guideline for that. Bugboy52.4 | =-= 12:10, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Red Imported Fire Ant seems very USA-centric

Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) says: "Although the red imported fire ant is native to South America, it has become a pest in the southern United States, Australia, Taiwan, Philippines, and the southern Chinese province of Guangdong."
More than half of this article is discussion of S. invicta in the USA; I didn't see anything about its native range or niche.
I believe that this omission should be corrected. I'm not able to do this work myself. Thanks. -- 201.37.230.43 (talk) 16:42, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Ipini

I did some changes on Ipini, but I lack the knowledge to add articles for the stenographer beetle or any other beetle, to increse the number of links. Perhaps someone here might help. --DThomsen8 (talk) 12:41, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Do you have a list of species in the family Ipini, I could create all of them using my bot. Bugboy52.4 | =-= 16:45, 17 June 2009 (UTC)

Red palm mite

Hi all. I just made Red palm mite. It is only my second mite article, so I am wondering if somebody could give it a look-see to make sure the taxobox is right. Also, I can't seem to find the binominal authority. Thanks folks.--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:32, 30 June 2009 (UTC)

DYK Red palm mite

With the hook "The invasion of this species is the biggest mite explosion ever observed in the Americas." Do you think the subject is good enough? Anyone? Why do I get the feeling that nobody's home here at WikiProject Anthropods?--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:22, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Gee. Thanks for all the help.--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:35, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for your disappointment, I normally check my watch list; actually the only reason I new that you asked you asked the question here is when I was looking to see if Stemonitis became active yet, he hasn't edited since March. About the DYK, it sounds great! You can propose it as "...that the invasion of red palm mites is the biggest ever observed in the americas", possibly adding a picture of the mite or distrabution map of invasion. Bugboy52.4 | =-= 19:12, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

No problem. thanks for the reply.--Anna Frodesiak (talk) 23:55, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Insect ID

File:Mystery bug.jpg

Hi. I know this isn't the best photograph, but is it good enough to tell what kind of bug this is? Even determining the right order and family would be cool. Thanks in advance. -GTBacchus^(talk) 12:38, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Looks like a hoverfly Syrphidae, but could be mistaken. Shyamal (talk) 14:13, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that seems correct, especially seeing some of those photos taken from different angles. The thin abdomen does it. Thanks! -GTBacchus^(talk) 15:23, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

Hello again. The lighting's not the best. However, it seems that it should be clear enough to figure out what it is. After looking at every page in my butterfly book, and every image on a butterfly website, I can't find anything that looks like this. I know very little about Lepidopterans, so I may be searching wrong, somehow. Is it a skipper? Any help is greatly appreciated. -GTBacchus^(talk) 01:23, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Its a moth in the family Geometridae, most likely in the subfamily Ennominae. User:Dyanega will probably be able to help you better. (Can also try to "find the best match" on http://bugguide.net/node/view/14751/bgpage?from=0 ) Shyamal (talk) 04:22, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

The closest match I got was Anacamptodes defectaria http://www.marylandmoths.com/Html/Geometridae/Ennominae/Boarmiini/Anacamptodes_defectaria.html based on some straightforward (and therefore possibly incorrect) browse through http://www.marylandmoths.com/Html/Geometridae.Ennominae.html Shyamal (talk) 05:41, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you. After looking through a bunch of pictures of other Anacamptodes, I agree with your ID. I'm guessing the book I'm using only covers Papilionoidea, and that's why I couldn't find them in there. Gotta get a better book! -GTBacchus^(talk) 13:42, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

Cancer

Cancer is only left with eight species these days, the others (and more) have moved to other genera per Systema Brachyurorum: Part 1. An Annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world. It needs a thorough rework. Lycaon (talk) 22:09, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Nothomyrmecia macrops

Hi, I'm hoping some more knowledgeable editors would comment at Talk:Nothomyrmecia macrops. There's an editor there who feels it would be better named as Prionomyrmex macrops. I have no expertise on the matter, I'm a requested move admin, not an entomologist! :) The most recent move discussion reached no consensus, and I'm hoping that more editors with expertise and interest in the discussion will reach a more obvious consensus one way or the other.--Aervanath (talk) 20:29, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

Kevmin is right, Prionomyrmex macrops refers to an extinct genus in the same tribe of Prionomyrmecini as Nothomyrmecia macrops. Bugboy52.4 | =-= 18:25, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

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Lauterbornia

Can someone check this article, Lauterbornia. I forgot it seemed to be the insect name was the primary one, while in a debate about whether the redirect to a blue green algae should be deleted. I converted the redirect to an insect article, but I'm not knowledgeable about extant insect taxa. --69.226.103.13 (talk) 04:29, 27 July 2009 (UTC)