Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Chrysomya megasephala

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Female Chrysomya megasephala[edit]

Original - A female Oriental Latrine Fly, Chrysomya megacephala feeding on animal feces, a behaviour referred to as Coprophagia. The Latrine Fly is among the most dangerous dipteran vectors of enteric pathogens. It is also a good pollinator of mangoes.
Reason
Good quality. The fly is one of the most dangerous vectors of parasites and before this picture, wikipedia had none. So good EV as well.
Articles this image appears in
Chrysomya megacephala, Chrysomya, Coprophagia (Just added. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:34, 9 January 2009 (UTC))[reply]
Creator
Muhammad
  • Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 16:42, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Even more disgusting than the last one! Great capture though. Enough of the fly is in focus for EV. I'm not sure I want to eat mangos anymore. ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 16:49, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support for technical quality and EV. I don't even want to think what you endured to get this shot. DurovaCharge! 17:20, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Quelle horreur! I agree about the mangos!. More than just slightly off-putting, really... Nonetheless, great image with excellent EV. Also highly interesting, in a rather unappealing way. Elucidate (light up) 19:07, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support, I think. I defer to the expert photographers as to whether more of the fly should be in focus, but it seems good enough to me. Fascinating and disgusting. I just added it to Coprophagia, where it has super EV. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:34, 9 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Yes, more of the critter should be in focus but there is only one Richard Bartz, who has the skill to freeze them while taking several pictures for the stacking. Excellent EV, BTW. -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 00:56, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Updated caption to include Coprophagia. Muhammad(talk) 07:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. Ick. A possible image for April 1 POTD. SpencerT♦C 23:52, 15 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Ch.megacephala wiki.jpg --SpencerT♦C 20:55, 17 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]