User:Chicken JV 12/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
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Casey's June beetle

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I decided to choose this article because it has a brief focus on the Casey's June Beetle. My initial impression of the article was that it seemed to be quite small for a Wikipedia article. I've encountered many different articles on organisms and believe this one could be improved with more information. I believe if I were to add more information to this article I could help others learn more about the beetle itself. Even though the article has scarce information on the organism it does mention its endangerment.

Evaluate the article
(Compose a detailed evaluation of the article here, considering each of the key aspects listed above. Consider the guiding questions, and check out the examples of what a useful Wikipedia article evaluation looks like.)

The article does a well job of explaining the organisms taxonomy, however doesn't describe where the organism can be found. I believe that the description of the organism could also go more into depth. The biology of the organism mainly focuses on the difference between the male and female beetle and how they mate in the wild. The article also discuss the larval cycle of the beetle. Despite the taxonomy and the biology of the beetle there isn't much information regarding its origins, its description, its natural habitat or other information that may seem intriguing to someone researching more about this organism. The article does have many references and citations to support its evidence, yet doesn't have enough descriptions. I believe that the article would have had more information with the amount of references listed on the page. All together I believe I can further improve this article after evaluating its positive and negative aspects.