Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Colias dimera copulating

Colias dimera mating
Voting period ends on 17 May 2012 at 13:29:56 (UTC)
 * Reason: Very detailed image showing both male and female of Colias dimera mating.
 * Articles in which this image appears:Colias dimera
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects
 * Creator:Paolo Costa


 * Support as nominator -- Paolo Costa  13:29, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Question - Why is one a vibrant yellow and the other a duller green? Is there a colour difference between sexes? Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:36, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Says so in the article: "There are two female forms: one is similar to the males, while the other is yellowish/greenish white." — raeky  t  02:38, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is called Sexual dimorphism, not all BFs have it but this species does. -- Paolo Costa  04:20, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Awesome capture of a (presumably) hard-to-catch scene. Depth-of-field is a little shallow, but the focus is in the right place. - Running On Brains (talk) 06:15, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Also, I think this deserves a place in the sexual dimorphism article. - Running On Brains (talk) 06:16, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * That article is over-illustrated as it is though, so probably not. — raeky  t  18:20, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support - Was going to link sexual dimorphism above but thought it applied only to size differences. Very nice. Crisco 1492 (talk) 15:15, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. JJ Harrison (talk) 22:46, 10 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support has focus problems but I think these can be forgiven for small objects like insects and I'm guessing that this is a difficult shot to get. Pine(talk) 08:17, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

--Julia\talk 16:09, 19 May 2012 (UTC)