Template:Did you know nominations/Coccinellidae

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk) 17:58, 21 December 2022 (UTC)

Coccinellidae

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Coccinella magnifica

• ... that although molecular clock estimates of the Coccinellidae (example pictured) have their origin to the Cretaceous, the oldest fossils date to the Ypresian? Source: Kirejtshuk, A. G.; Nel, A. (2012). "The oldest representatives of the family Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga) from the lowermost Eocene Oise amber (France)". Zoosystematica Rossica (21): 131–144.
  • ALT1: ... that certain species of Coccinellidae (example pictured) lay extra infertile trophic eggs along with their fertile eggs so that their larvae can have a backup food source? Source: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-005-0947-1
  • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/J. Elroy McCaw

Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 20:25, 14 December 2022 (UTC).

Substantial GA on excellent sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and highly recognizable. I like the ALT much better than the original which seems more for specialists. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 20:02, 16 December 2022 (UTC)