Talk:Zaprionus tuberculatus

Good evening,

I am an undergraduate writing this wikipedia page for a class. I have thus far some very basic information about Zaprionus tuberculatus. I intend to greatly expand the section on behavior as there is a lot of interesting information regarding that and find some better images of Z. tuberculatus because the ones I found weren't that detailed and only showed adult flies. I have written everything on the page up until this point. Thanks readers. Chickfilkay (talk) 00:31, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

Hi! This is a really great article on this fly species, nice job! I did some overall grammar and word choice editing to make a few sentences clearer, as well as linked several more words throughout the article to existing Wikipedia pages. I also italicized the fly's name throughout the entry to keep formatting consistent and adjusted some of the headings in the "Mating" section of the entry so they flowed more logically. Overall, a comprehensive article! RappaiT (talk) 22:08, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you RappaiT!Chickfilkay (talk) 02:17, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Hi! Great article, I feel like its a great introduction to the fly and gives a lot of good information about a variety of topics. I did a bit of proofreading and fixed a bit of grammar mistakes and overall just reworded a few sentences to make it clearer, but I think you did a great job already! I changed the headers and put the habitat and ecology section underneath the distribution section because it felt more appropriate there. I changed a few times that you used the fly scientific name to other pronouns, but perhaps best to go through and change more. If you were to add information I would elaborate on adult stage of life history and food resources. Mvardy417 (talk) 01:51, 6 November 2019 (UTC) Thank you Mvardy417! I have been looking into finding information about the adult stage of Z. tuberculatus development. I think I may have to include information on the genus instead of the specific species. Great suggestions. Food resources I am looking into as well. Chickfilkay (talk) 02:17, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Great job! I thought the introduction section was good, I only made some minor edits for clarity and concision. I also made all the mentions of Z. tuberculatus in italics. I moved the part about it not thriving in tropical environments out of the intro and into the habitat section. I think overall it would make the article flow better if you did not use the term Z. tuberculatus so often and instead used some pronouns. I also combined the male and female reproductive system heading because they both provided very little information on their own and are related topics. I also think it would be interesting if you added the final life stage: adult. Throughout I made minor edits related to formatting and grammar. Asivamohan (talk) 04:16, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you for your help Asivamohan! I will be searching for the information you recommended I include and switch out "Z.tuberculatus" for more pronouns so that the text flows more naturally. Very good suggestions! Chickfilkay (talk) 02:17, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Hello! First and foremost this is a well-written article that I did not feel the need to make many if any major changes. For suggestions, I was wondering if you could list a couple of examples of fruit they have been found to develop on. Certainly not all 49 of them but a couple that could give the opportunity to link into the article. In terms of changes that I made, I only made some small wording changes as well as added a couple of hyperlinks such as one to D. melanogaster. Apart from that, I felt that you covered a great deal of material that flows really well in the format you had already had. I enjoyed learning about your fly.Srivera2019 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:47, 4 December 2019 (UTC)