Talk:Small blue

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Alexandra.payne. Peer reviewers: Engelde, Krecto176.

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Importance rating
This is a UK Biodiversity Action Plan (2007) species—GRM 15:20, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

Food plant
The article contradicts itself. There is a long list of food plants and then says its sole plant is Kidney Vetch. Confused. --Chuunen Baka (talk  • contribs) 15:04, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
 * the kidney vetch is the sole plan for the butterflies in the UK. However, they feed on other plants outside of the UK — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.36.167.50 (talk) 00:03, 17 September 2017 (UTC)

Pupation
The article states ''In the Autumn [the larvae] descend and hibernate in crevices in the ground. Pupation occurs the following spring at ground level in the leaf litter.'' Yet, another source says they overwinter inside flower heads stitched together. --Chuunen Baka (talk  • contribs) 11:52, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Minor Edits
Great job! I changed the lead around a bit to focus less on the coloration and more on the most interesting/eye-catching parts of the article. I also made some small grammatical edits. I didn't touch the References section because I know you are working on that. Also, I think it would be better if the name of the article was the butterfly's scientific name, but I could not figure out how to do that. Engelde 01:00 5 October, 2017 (UTC)

Edits
Looks good! I reorganized the info in the behavior section to more specific sections and made a few small edits. I would also recommend editing your references section so you can see your sources but know you're working on that. The one info question i have is that you mention explicitly that the caterpillars are cannibalistic in the first and third instar, but not in the second one. I assume they re but I would just clarify that. Mllutz (talk) 03:05, 6 October 2017 (UTC)Mllutz

Peer-Review for Behavioral Ecology Class
Overall, this was a really nice article! Its biggest strength was its varied sections that also had extensive subsections! In terms of edits, I added several hyperlinks throughout the article, especially for words that I did not think an average reader on Wiki would immediately recognize and know the meaning (e.g. cannibalism, Anthyllis vulneraria, carrion, dung, reticulation, calyx, etc.). Hopefully, if a reader is confused about a particular word, they will be able to quickly learn about that topic! In regards to capitalization, the standard way of writing section headings is in sentence case (the first word is capitalized and subsequent words are not capitalized unless they include a proper noun). I edited the headings to reflect these guidelines. Similarly, I italicized C. minimum every time I saw it since it is the species name, and I also inserted a couple of missed periods/commas that were missing.

I noticed several times there was inconsistent use of C. minimum and C. minimus (careful of which one is being used) as well as small blue vs. small blues. Especially in the U.K. subsection of the Food resources section, there were single and plural verb tense issues (the verbs need to properly match the nouns in number). My other suggestions for improving this article include expanding upon predation. Predators are briefly mentioned in the 4th instar stage, but it would be great to read about predation both at the caterpillar and the adult stage (such as what the predators are for this butterfly as well as what are other defense strategies this butterfly employs besides cocoon camouflage in the 4th instar). Another content piece I would like to know more about is if the plant that the male butterfly perches on in the Mating section is the host plant referenced in the Host plant section; if so, it would be a great way to connect the two ideas together! Lastly, I made several small grammatical changes and moved some sentence phrases around for ease of reading. Overall, the article was great! Good luck editing! Krecto176 (talk) 03:17, 6 October 2017 (UTC)