Talk:Telephone-pole beetle

Minor Edits
Minor edits were made to the article, such as adding a few links and minor grammatical changes. Overall though, not many changes were necessary for this article. Luisss79 (talk) 22:21, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Spelling
The correct spelling of the species is "debilis". 71.96.74.116 06:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Fixed. --Stemonitis 11:04, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

This species has one of the most unusual life cycles known in metazoans, a better (and accurate) description with references would be nice.

Overall Article Feedback
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A strength of this entry is the section describing the life cycle. This section includes a visual diagram of the telephone-pole beetle’s life cycle, which helps readers to better understand its complicated structure. The article is well-organized and easy to follow. Three categories that could be included are enemies, social behavior, food resources. Although the article mentions that the adults are infected by the Wolbachia bacteria, I believe a section on this enemy and other enemies would allow for a better understanding of how this species interacts with others. Because the species has a sex bias, a social behavior section could help explain the implications of this bias and how males and females interact with each other. It is mentioned that the larvae feed on chestnut and oak logs, so I think a food resource section would be beneficial to explain why they utilize this particular resource and if the adults use other food resources. Angelina2024 (talk) 23:39, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

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Summary of Changes
I added 5 sections, Overview, Morphology, Life Cycle, Mating Behavior, and Wood Pests. In the morphology section, I described in detail the larval morphology at several stages and pointed out a unique trait to M. debilis - that the first instar has legs but second and older instars do not. In the life cycle section, I described in detail the female-producing paedogenetic life cycle and made sure to distinguish that from the male-producing paedogenetic life cycle, and the male life cycle. In the mating behavior section, I discussed a study that resurrected mating behavior in M. debilis, that is very rarely seen in nature because adults are rare and sterile. In the wood pests section, I describe how M. debilis is sometimes a pest to the timber industry and wooden buildings. The overview section briefly summarizes the previous points. MichelleLi455 (talk) 05:27, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Revisions
I changed some of the names/organization of headings and subheadings, especially in the Life Cycle section which I felt could have been further divided. I also cleaned up some grammar and syntax mistakes I noticed and added citations where I noticed sources were referenced but not explicitly included. I also removed some information that was not supported by any sources I could find. Hipper2305 (talk) 21:32, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Minor organization edits and suggestions
This was an extremely well-written article with thorough information and flow! The organization was very good, but I made some minor edits. I deleted the Wood Pests section under Feeding, as there was another section towards the end that was copy and pasted. I also moved the Distribution section to the top of the article, as the geographic range/where the beetle might be found is generally next to the overview/summary. I made some very minor grammatical edits and added a citation to the Wood Pests section. I also think it would be helpful to add a subsection under Wood pests, detailing some control methods to prevent or manage infestations. Alexiathia (talk) 03:55, 22 March 2024 (UTC)