Talk:List of largest insects

12" Mantid?
I think this needs at least a citation, it links to the African Mantis, but when you snake your way down the Wiki links the largest mantis you can find is reported to be 10cm (<4 inches). I also think the Heterochaeta sp. is bigger; certainly longer. Soundspawn (talk) 16:13, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Wasps, tables, and sources
The article should have an entry for social wasps as well as for solitary wasps; the current organisation by order seems broadly sensible but somewhat artificially limits entries to one-per-order, whereas "largest ant", "largest bee" and "largest wasp" will seem different to many readers.

Perhaps a more flexible approach is needed, with name of insect and name of order in different (sortable) columns of a table.

Finally, the list is seriously under-referenced: there should be a source for every claim in the list. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:56, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Other large bugs
Is there a list of largest extinct insects or largest spiders that should appear under "see also"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niedzielski (talk • contribs) 00:05, 1 August 2015 (UTC) bugs are mamals not insects — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.74.4 (talk) 01:21, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

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Largest wasp?
According several media, a hornet longer than 6 cm has been found in China along the border of Myanmar. If not fake news, it dwarfs even the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarina.

Stoneflies, and then again, Stoneflies
Stoneflies are listed twice, both in the contents and the text. I can't discern what the scheme for listing sequence is for this compilation, so i don't know which one should be deleted. Someone who knows, please pick one and discard the other. 2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:1D33:5C70:B51C:3D6E (talk) 11:51, 25 February 2022 (UTC)JustSomeWikiReader


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Incorrect russian article linked
Russian language version of this articse is https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%87%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5, which is Largest Arthropods, not Largest insects. 23.137.250.190 (talk) 09:02, 26 April 2023 (UTC)