Talk:Eriopis connexa

A fact from Eriopis connexa appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 8 April 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that female Eriopis connexa beetles lay unfertilized eggs to prevent sibling cannibalism?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/April. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Eriopis connexa.

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Wiki Education assignment: Behavioral Ecology 2024[edit]

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 16 January 2024 and 25 April 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): E.a.eslinger (article contribs). Peer reviewers: MiJiEm.

— Assignment last updated by MiJiEm (talk) 18:41, 17 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi all! I have just updated this page for my first assignment. I have created multiple new sections: Overview, Habitat, Food resources, Life history, Reproduction, and Interactions with humans. I also changed the Distribution section to Geographic range. I have added new information to every section. It is important to note that the previous editor utilized two sources that are not peer-reviewed scientific articles, but they provide valuable information that is not found elsewhere. I have also included many new images from Wikimedia Commons.E.a.eslinger (talk) 03:05, 1 March 2024 (UTC)E.a.eslinger[reply]

Review for Behavioral Ecology[edit]

I enjoyed reading through this article on the eriopis connexa and thought it was well written and detailed. I particularly enjoyed the section on trophic eggs and found it interesting how females of this species never reach full fertility before laying eggs. I found another article on biological aspects of Eriopis connexa and added some bits of information into the life cycle and agricultural use sections. I was wondering if there could be more behavior found in other members of the Coccinella family that could be applied to this particular beetle, since there seems to be a lot of overlap between this beetle and other beetles of this family. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jaden.l17 (talk)

Did you know nomination[edit]

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 18:22, 4 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that female Eriopis connexa lay unfertilized eggs to prevent sibling cannibalism? Source: https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.beproc.2021.104500
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Created by E.a.eslinger (talk). Self-nominated at 06:48, 1 March 2024 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Eriopis connexa; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

Very impressive expansion with this edit, which more than qualifies the fivefold expansion requirement. Unfamiliar with the subject matter but the sources used do not give me any red flags in terms of reliability. The hook fact occurs in the Trophic eggs section of the article and is sourced. The tool identifies this as a first-time nomination so no QPQ required. No issue I can think of.--N Ø 21:00, 16 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@E.a.eslinger and MaranoFan: It appears the hook is in the lead cited with citation 2. However the correct target article for that sentence is in this source. Also an FYI, the lead should be an intorduction/summary and without citations. The items in the lead should be in the body per WP:LEADCITE. It is not a disqualifier for DYK, just good writing. Bruxton (talk) 01:03, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Structure[edit]

To me, it makes more sense to have the "Description" section as the first section of the article. I feel it includes the most basic information about this beetle, so you may want to consider moving it up. MiJiEm (talk) 21:30, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Elytra[edit]

I noticed in your "Description" section, you hyperlinked the word elytra, but then put in parentheses "wing covers" right after. I feel as though this is redundant. You may want to consider either deleting "(wing covers)" or removing the hyperlink. MiJiEm (talk) 21:33, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Species name[edit]

Is there a reason you sometimes abbreviate the species name and sometimes spell out the whole thing? There is nothing wrong with using both, but it seems more troublesome to write out the entire name every time instead of just using the abbreviated version consistently. MiJiEm (talk) 21:38, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

going foward[edit]

Overall the article is in good shape and has potential to advance in the ranks of article. There could be additional information added about predation and parasites, as well as the life cycle and senescence. also, does this species have any defenses against predators? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ardenpedraja (talk • contribs) 03:19, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]