Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Short-horned grasshoppers mating

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Original – Short-horned grasshoppers (Rhytidochrota risaraldae) mating in Colombia

Support as nominator – Charlesjsharp (talk) 16:57, 9 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support You're setting a high bar for insects. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.6% of all FPs.} 16:02, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support. This one is really fantastic. Choliamb (talk) 16:40, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 07:24, 11 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment: The picture's fantastic, but it's a real shame that we don't have articles about the genus or the species. Surely it wouldn't be too trick to put some together? Josh Milburn (talk) 12:09, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

There is very little known about the genus, Josh Milburn. These are endemic to a small part of the Andes mountains in Colombia. I think it is important for an encyclopaedia to show the World what rare animals look like. If people see the photo, who knows, some young researcher might be encouraged to investigate. FP status might help this. Charlesjsharp (talk) 17:10, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ok. I've created Rhytidochrota risaraldae, but I can't do more than a couple of sentences unless I'm willing to put some quite technical French through a translator. Hopefully it's better than nothing... Josh Milburn (talk) 17:55, 12 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks; let me know when you have posted the translation and I will proof read it! Merci... Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:55, 13 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Short-horned grasshoppers (Rhytidochrota risaraldae) mating.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:09, 22 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]