Template:Did you know nominations/Polistes japonicus

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The result was: promoted by HalfGig talk 13:22, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Polistes japonicus

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~~... that Polistes japonicus overwinters in banana leaf scrolls created by an invasive species?~~

ALT1:... that an invasive species gave local Polistes japonicus wasps a new home?
ALT2 ... that an introduced pest of bananas in Okinawa provided Polistes japonicus wasps with a new place to overwinter?
ALT3:... that local Polistes japonicus wasps made a home out of a mess?

Created by Zroscope (talk), Amgoldberg15 (talk). Nominated by Zroscope (talk) at 00:20, 22 October 2014 (UTC).

This article is new enough and long enough. I have struck three of the hooks and tweaked the fourth, ALT2, which has inline citations for its facts. The article is neutral and I failed to find instances of close paraphrasing/copyright violations. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:48, 19 November 2014 (UTC).

Can we rephrase ALT2? I read it as someone introduced a 'pest of bananas' to Okinawa rather than a pest fed on leaves from a banana plant, creating a place for wasps to overwinter, that were then brought to Okinawa. Fuebaey (talk) 15:12, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

How about

ALT2b ... that on Okinawa, the wasp Polistes japonicus found a new place to overwinter after the arrival on the island of a new banana pest?
ALT2c ... that on Okinawa, the wasp Polistes japonicus found a new place to overwinter after the arrival on the island of a new banana plantation pest? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:20, 2 December 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, reads better now. Fuebaey (talk) 20:00, 2 December 2014 (UTC)