User:Esjohnso2022/Limonia hardyana

Comments by A Faucci (Apr 13):


 * Great work overall!
 * Nice work in citing your references using the "cite function. Make sure you have a reference for each sentence and not just at the end of each section.
 * Make sure to read your text out loud one more time to catch any English or flow issues
 * Limonia hardyana (and any scientific species name) should always be in italics
 * I would change the order of the sections to be more in line with other species entries in Wikipedia: Description first, then Distribution and Habitat, then Discovery and at the end maybe Conservation where you include species status and environmental risks?

Physical Description:
The Limonia hardyana has 6 long legs, tri-segmented body, and is wingless Sometimes mistaken for a mosquito.

Habitat:
The Limonia haryana was discovered on or near the summit of Koolau Mountains on Oahu in Hawaii. This mountain range is 3,130 ft (960 meters) in elevation and is a dormant volcano , where it can be found living in the higher elevation bogs or leaf litter. The reason the crane fly is flightless is because flying at high altitudes may pose a risk due to high winds.

Crane fly larvae are “benthic-dwelling” and take approximately two weeks to hatch. .

Species Status:
Possibly extinct due to destruction of its habitat by boars or being eaten by other predatory insects.

Discovery:
The Limonia hardyana was discovered by George William Byers a professor of Entomology at the University of Kansas in 1985. Byers was the curator of the Snow Entomology Division of the Biodiversity Institute of the University. He continued to study crane flies until his passing in 2018.

Conservation:
May become endangered if manmade water deviations continue, thus eliminating and redirecting the streams and water flows where the Liminia hardiana lives.