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The result was: promoted by The C of E (talk) 06:35, 4 August 2021 (UTC)

Insect flight

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Direct flight: muscles attached to wings

... that unlike most other insects, dragonflies have direct flight, the muscles attaching directly to the wing bases?

Reviewed: Pontiac Phantom

Improved to Good Article status by Chiswick Chap (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 09:55, 18 July 2021 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: - Offline/paywalled citation accepted in good faith Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: The referenced source is behind a paywall so I assume good faith. Very interesting hook from a good article. Echetus Xe 15:19, 20 July 2021 (UTC)