Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/bug

Original - Gif of a Cicada (Tibicen sp.) Molting.

Reason: Very nicely done animation, has good encyclopedic value.
Articles this image appears in: Ecdysis, Cicada, Exoskeleton, Moult, Tibicen
Creator: T. Nathan Mundhenk, (edit: CarolSpears)

Support as nominator - Milk's Favorite Cookie 20:37, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Fascinating and highly encyclopedic. Durova^Charge! 22:16, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support--Mbz1 (talk) 22:30, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Removed large animation (4.5 MB) from display. The title of this nomination is appropriate in more ways than originally intended... MER-C 02:36, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Strong support - maybe the resolution could have been better, but it is a great animation. diego_pmc (talk) 15:27, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support crassic!^[talk] 01:53, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
SupportHaving grown up in the home of the 17-year cicada cycle, this brings back vivid and unpleasant memories. Dr. e X treme 22:45, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very encyclopedic. Purple Is Pretty (talk) 04:39, 11 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support. While it would be awesome to be able to fly, there are definitely some insect traits I would not like to see on a daily basis among the general population of humanity. — BRIAN0918 • 2008-03-13 19:21Z
Support - Wow. ^8thstar 04:45, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Cicada molting animated-2.gif MER-C 08:18, 15 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]