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Hycleus lugens[edit]

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 18 Jun 2014 at 06:16:44 (UTC)

OriginalHycleus lugens, an aposematically colored beetle secretes cantharidin
Edit 1 Cloned out the other one
Reason
Good quality, EV and IMO the composition is eye-catching.
Articles in which this image appears
Blister beetle, cantharidin, Aposematism
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
Creator
Muhammad Mahdi Karim
  • Support as nominatorMuhammad(talk) 06:16, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose - Very interesting, but the second beetle on the other side of the flower distracts from the composition. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:24, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • Couldn't that be fixed by cropping? Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:47, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • I could crop that out or maybe do some cloning but I felt it showed that they are not solitary. Thoughts? --Muhammad(talk) 09:03, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • If that's the effect we're going for, I'd have thought more of the insect would have been in order. Right now it's just incidental. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:43, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • Edit something along the lines of what you expect? --Muhammad(talk) 11:08, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
            • Except for misrepresenting the flower, yes. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:16, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
              • Dont think that's a misrep, the flower was eaten by the bug --Muhammad(talk) 17:08, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral for the original but oppose Edit 1. Don't really approve of the misrepresentation. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 17:07, 8 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support original: Don't think the other beetle is a problem. Julia\talk 22:09, 17 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 09:05, 18 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]