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Cecidophyopsis ribis

 * ... that the big bud mite can travel by wind, water or insect-power?
 * Reviewed: Chatter ring
 * Comment: ALT1 ... that the big bud mite can transmit the virus which causes blackcurrant reversion disease?

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nominated at 20:58, 14 March 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg 5x expansion checks out; currently 2430 characters; the hook is not as accurate as it could be, and not that interesting and needs to be improved&mdash;the source says "transported by wind, rain, or flying insects." The text is awfully short and could be added to, for example,
 * ALT2 ... that the big bud mite only affects blackcurrants in Europe, seriously reduces fruit yields, and is so tiny it can travel by wind, rain or flying-insects?
 * Personally I like short hooks. What about - Cwmhiraeth (talk) 05:57, 15 March 2013 (UTC)


 * ALT3 ... that the big bud mite is so tiny that it can be transported by wind, rain or flying insects?
 * Article - expansion started on 9 March, now 2430 characters of readable prose, as it was 414 previously x5.86 expansion; neutral; at least one inline citation to every paragraph; no copy vios detected using earwig/duplication detector; un-assessed, so not a stub.
 * Hook ALT3 - easily within length criteria at snappy 92 characters; correctly formatted; correctly cited/supported by ref #3 (p.1 of PDF) in sentence in middle of 'Biology' section; and interesting. I have struck other hooks.
 * QPQ done; no image.

I hope I'm not now going to have nightmares about bugs and lizards. PS: I'm getting a 404 not found error on ref #2? SagaciousPhil  -  Chat  15:20, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The url should be all right now. I sometimes find it a real challenge to establish the correct url for a pdf file. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 18:18, 16 March 2013 (UTC)