Talk:Metepeira incrassata

Comments and edits from a Behavioral Ecology student
Hi! This is a very well-written entry! Each section is very well-explained and thorough. I had a lot of fun reading it. I fixed a few grammar mistakes and added a few hyperlinks. In the Webs section, I changed your citation format. [7] was initially IN the sentence, and I thought it would be better to not break a whole sentence off by a citation, so I moved the [7] citation to the end, along with [5]. Also, I have noticed that you cited the same source for multiple times in a paragraph (they all come from the same source). You can just cite once after a whole chunk of texts to avoid redundant citation. I fixed this issue in the Sexual dimorphism section. You might have forgotten to cite the last sentence of the Predator section. Another suggestion is to make the Lead section shorter. You don’t need to summarize all the sections. Instead, you can just pinpoint a few unique characteristics of this species, for example, their social behavior. Arielfeng (talk) 11:30, 28 November 2020 (UTC)

Nice job, I thought this article was very comprehensive and well-written! In the lead section, I included the genus, as well as descriptions for some terms I didn't know: highly productive habitats, colonial spiders, and kleptoparasitic. In the description section, I also clarified what "sclerotisized" meant. Under Reproduction, I am a bit confused what colonies that "contain females with egg sacs" is referring to- If this means that the females don’t always have egg sacs, this could be clarified. It would be interesting to know why other species of spiders are found on the edges of this spider’s colonies, as mentioned under Group Living. I fixed some grammatical errors and run-on sentences throughout the article. I also wonder if you could find a higher-quality picture of this spider that is more clear, although I know this might not be possible. Mlschoening (talk) 23:14, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Great article! The whole thing was well-written and had good information about a lot of topics. I added some information about the more unique aspects of this spider to the lead section since a lot of people will only read the lead section. Also, I added some hyperlinks to give people the potential to learn more about certain terms that are used in the article. Nickh994 (talk) 08:41, 2 December 2020 (UTC)