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ID images in Hygrotechuis conformis

It's a long shot, but is anybody able to ID the insect in the images at Hygrotechuis conformis? I've figured out that the name is a misspelling of Hygrotrechus conformis, which is a synonym of Aquarius conformis, but that is an American species and the images were taken in Spain (our article appears to have been copied from gl:Zapateiro (insecto)). Plantdrew (talk) 19:58, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It looks very much like Gerris lacustris, the common European pond skater. Compare with the photo here or File:Common Pond Skater. Gerris lacustris. Gerridae - Flickr - gailhampshire (1).jpg and others in commons:Category:Gerris lacustris. However, most Gerridae species can't be reliably identified from photos (I'm doubtful of the identification to species level of Gerris photos in Commons). Peter coxhead (talk) 08:57, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The World Destubathon

Hello. Project members are invited to participate in The World Destubathon. We're aiming to destub a lot of articles and also improve longer stale articles. It will be held from Monday June 16 - Sunday July 13. There is $3338 going into it, with $500 the top prize. There is a $100 prize for most nature articles destubbed or improved. If you are interested in winning some vouchers to help you buy books for future content, or just see it as a good editathon opportunity to see a lot of articles improved for your project, sign up if interested.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:51, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Columns

Everything on the Project page from Wikipedia:WikiProject_Insects#Participants on down is in three columns and Wikipedia:WikiProject_Insects#Insect_classification_overview includes a navbox that overlaps with text in the next column. I can't figure out what is causing the columns, and they are present when I look at revisions from years ago; I know it wasn't always like this though. I don't think there is really a need for the navbox, and removing it would solve the worst problem, but I don't know how to solve the column issue overall. Plantdrew (talk) 21:57, 13 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It was do to mis-formed column mark-up on the participants subpage, I got it fixed.--Kev min § 00:08, 14 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Common tiger beetle listed at Redirects for discussion

Common tiger beetle has been listed at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2025 July 7 § Common tiger beetle. Input from project members is appreciated. --MYCETEAE 🍄‍🟫—talk 00:52, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Template talk:Taxonomy/Pterygota § Template-protected edit request on 21 July 2025

You are invited to join the discussion at Template talk:Taxonomy/Pterygota § Template-protected edit request on 21 July 2025. Jako96 (talk) 06:58, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:<Animal>s described in <year> with very confined scope submitted to CfD (again)

Includes bees, bugs, cockroaches, damselflies, flies, grasshoppers, sawflies, and wasps. @ Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 July 30#Category:<Animal>s described in <year> with very confined scope. ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf) 12:37, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

FLC

Hi all, so I currently have List of insect orders at FLC right now, and I'm currently struggling to obtain reviews + a source check. Its been open since June 20 and I'm worried it is in danger of being archived without any other community input, so I would greatly appreciate it if anyone has a minute to take a look at it and leave some comments at Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of insect orders/archive1, thanks. Sophisticatedevening^(talk) 00:38, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]