Template:Did you know nominations/Dendroctonus micans


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:55, 6 July 2017 (UTC)

Dendroctonus micans

 * ... that there are many more female than male great spruce bark beetles, and incestuous matings are normal? Source: "Sibling males normally mate the females (incestuous mating). The ratio of males to females is low. Typically the sex ratio is one male per 10 females but can be as low as one male per 45 females."
 * Reviewed: N. V. Madhusudana

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk) and Hanberke (talk). Nominated by Cwmhiraeth (talk) at 17:22, 13 June 2017 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg. Created 9 June 2017. QPQ done. Article is over 3,000 characters. Verified hook. Hook is interesting. Adds science to Wikipedia. Sagecandor (talk) 01:32, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol redirect vote 4.svg  please provide a review that explicitly confirms that the five main DYK criteria have been met. You have covered newness, length, cited hook and QPQ. Please add neutrality/close paraphrasing checks. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 19:26, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg. Article newness checks out fine. Hook cited and verified. Length of article is appropriate. QPQ is done. Article satisfies WP:NPOV policy on Wikipedia. Article does not come close to violating any copyrights and does not engage in close paraphrasing. Sagecandor (talk) 19:30, 6 July 2017 (UTC)