Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Insects

Verifying own work photo of species?

I've become interested in contributing to this project because I have a hobby of taking photos of local insects in my area, including ones without images yet, and I would be willing to upload them here to help the project. However, I am not an expert, so I don't know how to verify that the photo subjects are the exact species that I conclude. I do see editors that take their own photos. Would my photos warrant verification by an expert, and how? Thank you. Crystalespeon (talk) 11:15, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

@Crystalespeon:, you should consider joining iNaturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/), and uploading your photos there first. You should be able to get your identifications verified there by other knowledgeable people. A significant number of editors who are uploading their own photos of insects to Wikipedia are coming here via iNaturalist. Note that (last I checked), the general default licensing option on iNaturalist is CC-BY-NC, which is not compatible with using images on Wikipedia. If you have an iNaturalist account, you can change your settings to have a personal default licensing that is compatible with Wikipedia such as CC-BY-SA or CC-BY (it's also possible to choose different licenses individually for each image you upload). Plantdrew (talk) 15:53, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

Oh that's really cool. I'll look into it and take heed of the licensing stuff. Thank you! Crystalespeon (talk) 23:06, 22 August 2024 (UTC)

@Crystalespeon: note that you can upload your (suitably licensed) images to Commons whether or not you’re certain enough of the identificaton to include them in an article here. There’s no equivalent of WP:OR there, but you can note tentative IDs in the file description. That way you needn’t worry about complications from “prior publication” elsewhere, you have the option of simply posting a link instead of uploading the file to online forums, and if new info comes to light you can edit the description accordingly.—Odysseus1479 02:29, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

Help for Cobosella article

Greetings, Today while working to de-orphan articles (Category:Attempted de-orphan from April 2024), I found the Cobosella article. Asking for help to provide a Cobosella link in another article. My knowledge of insects is virtually zero, so I'm hoping another editor can get this done. Thanks, JoeNMLC (talk) 20:40, 27 August 2024 (UTC)

Added the genus to the family article.  —  Jts1882 | talk  10:22, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done - Thank you Jts1882. Cheers, JoeNMLC (talk) 12:29, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Odonatoptera

Hello. The Odonatoptera article has a cladogram with a lot of redlinks, and links which redirect back to itself. These articles should be created. Thank you. ARandomHacker (talk) 16:43, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Move discussion in process

You are invited to participate in the move discussion at Talk:Chelís#Requested_move_26_September_2024. RedPatch (talk) 14:16, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Bees and toxic chemicals

Bees and toxic chemicals has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:06, 12 October 2024 (UTC)

Discussion

There is a discussion at Talk:Insect euthanasia#Animal welfare that might be of interest. -- Otr500 (talk) 18:46, 30 October 2024 (UTC)