Talk:Dendroctonus adjunctus

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Entry evaluation

This entry provides information to readers about the description and life cycle of roundheaded pine beetles. Information about this beetle’s parasites, predators, and its impacts on trees is also provided. For example, it discusses that due to the beetle’s tendency to lay eggs and feed on pine trees, they can cause the tree to die from feeding on its nutrients. A strength of this entry is that it provides thorough information about how this beetle interacts with its habitat. One improvement that would benefit this entry is including media, such as a picture of the beetle, their habitats, and larvae. Another would be to include more references, as the current entry only has 7, and provide more citations for its facts. An interesting fact I learned is that these beetles can destroy over half of existing pine trees in a region in a year during outbreaks.

Regarding content covering behavior, this entry provides behavioral information such as laying eggs and their diet in the life cycle section and the paragraph about its effects on trees. It would be beneficial to create a separate section covering this behavioral information, such as dedicating a section to discuss this beetle’s diet, habitat, and any alternative resources once the pine has been depleted. Another behavioral section this entry can include is content about social behavior. It would be useful to understand how mates interact, how they interact  with their larvae, and if there are any grouping behavior. Lastly, it would be useful to understand this beetle’s range and migration patterns. It is stated that these beetles can sometimes destroy their whole habitat due to overconsumption of pine trees due to outbreaks, so it would be helpful to know of any migration patterns to this change.

In the talk section, I noticed this beetle was ranked as mid-importance, which seems reasonable due to their capability of destroying large regions of pine. This entry also received a B grade. Although it does provide thorough information about many aspects of this beetle, including its interaction with its habitat and life cycle, it would benefit from including sections on more behavioral aspects of the beetle, interactions with humans, images, and a taxonomy section. For these reasons, this entry doesn’t completely provide a whole picture and would likely leave readers wanting more information. Justinxuje (talk) 01:40, 16 February 2024 (UTC)