User talk:Frankdog

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Rigadoun (talk) 17:40, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

Dasymutilla occidentalis
Hi, I undid you contributions to Dasymutilla occidentalis and I wanted to let you know the reason why. There do not appear to be any reliable sources to back up the claim of it being found as far west as Oregon or being larger than was already stated in the article. The most reliable sources for articles on insects are peer-reviewed journals by entomologists. I did find mentions of D. occidentalis and Oregon at a couple of sites, but they were both user-generated content and these cannot be used as sources. There are over 140 species of Dasymutilla, with several native to Oregon that look extremely similar to D. occidentalis. While the wasp in your photo certainly does look like D. occidentalis, it cannot be stated as a fact in this encyclopedia until it has been published in a reliable source. Altairisfar (talk) 20:43, 11 September 2012 (UTC)