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Scorpion fly

Original - A female Scorpion fly (Panorpa meridionalis) collecting nectar. These insects are named from the up-turned genitals in some males but their main diagnostic feature is the stout beak. There are about 400 known species of scorpion flies from which 30 occur in Europe. They fly weakly and feed on dead animal matter, fruit and nectar.

Alternative

Reason

A detailed and high quality picture of a beautiful and somehow exotic species of insect adding value to the arcticle. It's not the author's intention to compete with the excellent picture of Luc Viatour, this was just a coincidence (it's a shame they can't mate, they are from different species...)

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Scorpion fly

Creator

Joaquim Alves Gaspar

• Support as nominator Alvesgaspar (talk) 13:08, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
• Support alternative; original is a bit confusing. Alternative is better. unsigned vote by DrExtreme -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 21:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Anonymous users do not have suffrage, sorry. Please consider creating an account --Hadseys Chat_Contribs 21:32, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Not anonymous, the vote was from DrExtreme -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 21:58, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Yeah, that was me, sorry. I guess SineBot failed me. Dr. eXtreme 12:09, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
• Support original - The original is a great illustration of an important documented behaviour of the insect, the alternative is still a great photo but as a straight representation of the insect the pollen is distracting and possibly misleading. Guest9999 (talk) 23:04, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose The end of the abdomen ("tail" if you like) is what gives this group of insects their names. But it's concealed by the wings in both these shots, making it much less encyclopaedic. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 12:08, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
  • Only in the males the genitals are up-curved -- Alvesgaspar (talk) 12:44, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
    • Even still, it'd be useful to see the difference, which is obscured here. I'll admit that I haven't studied them beyond being told they're evolutionally related to something or other due to the use of some protein that's only found in those two groups. For more information, ask me when I don't have flu =) Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 14:23, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
      • I'll give a Weak support to the alternative, though. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 14:25, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose As per Shoemaker, its a pity --Richard Bartz (talk) 23:41, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose both Poor sharpness and the lighting looks a little flat/dull --Fir0002 08:41, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Not promoted MER-C 06:30, 27 March 2008 (UTC)