Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Aleeta curvicosta

Aleeta curvicosta
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 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/March 10, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 11:47, 21 February 2014‎ (UTC)



Aleeta curvicosta (commonly the floury baker or floury miller, known until 2003 as Abricta curvicosta) is a species of cicada, native to the eastern coastline of Australia. Described in 1834 by Ernst Friedrich Germar, it is currently the only described species in the genus Aleeta. The floury baker's distinctive appearance and loud call make it popular with children. Both the common and genus name are derived from the white, flour-like filaments covering the adult body. Its body and eyes are generally brown with pale patterns. Its forewings have dark brown patches at the base of two of their apical cells. The female is larger than the male, and both grow larger in regions of higher rainfall. The male has a loud and complex call generated by the frequent buckling of ribbed tymbals and amplified by abdominal air sacs. The floury baker is solitary and occurs in low densities. Individuals emerge from the soil between November and February, and can be seen until May. They inhabit a variety of trees, with a preference for paperbark (Melaleuca). The floury baker is a relatively poor flier, preyed upon by a wide variety of birds, cicada killer wasps, and a cicada-specific fungus.
 * I'm not sure it gets any points, but this is the first cicada we have featured. (And it's got an FP as the lead image.) --99of9 (talk) 01:01, 19 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Support - We haven't had enough insects recently. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 01:12, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support - quite an educational article. Also, SCIENCE!!! &mdash; Cirt (talk) 01:22, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, also music (language question: can you say "preyed upon by a disease"?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:31, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Admittedly I was trying to shorten that from the article text. I've now changed "fungal disease" to "fungus"... I guess you can be preyed upon by a fungus. --99of9 (talk) 22:24, 19 February 2014 (UTC)


 * Support - First cicada featured. buffbills7701 14:03, 19 February 2014 (UTC)
 * SUPPORT - Tasty little critter. And like Cirt, let me yell: SCIENCE!!!! --ColonelHenry (talk) 15:47, 20 February 2014 (UTC)