Wikipedia:WikiProject Beetles

~"If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of creation, it would appear that God has an inordinate fondness for stars and beetles." ~ probably J. B. S. Haldane

WikiProject Beetles aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Beetles (Coleoptera). With about 400,000 described species, it is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms. From the world's largest beetle, the Hercules beetle which measures up to 16.7 cm, to the smallest, a featherwing beetle Scydosella musawasensis which may measure as little as 0.325 mm in length, to the colourful Chrysolina cerealis, the familiar Coccinellidae, and the nuisance Colorado potato beetle, there is huge variation in the world of beetles. And with new species being frequently discovered, there is plenty of work to do.

Welcome! If you have any questions, please ask them on the talk page of this WikiProject.

For details on the current project collaborations see the tasks page.

Parentage
WikiProject Beetles is a descendant of WikiProject Insects.
 * WikiProject Science.
 * WikiProject Biology
 * WikiProject Tree of Life
 * WikiProject Animals
 * WikiProject Insects

History and progress
This project was founded on July 3, 2011, by User:John Troodon, who was a sockpuppet of User:Dromaeosaur Dude. Following a brief period of activity, it suffered a protracted period of decline, becoming semi-active and just nearly reached the inactive point. The project remained totally inert until late 2014, when it was revived by the efforts of a group of dedicated editors, beginning with User:Gug01 and expanding to include User:Mishae (who was later blocked), User: Wilhelmina Will, and User: Hectonichus. Since then, the project has expanded exponentially. There are now more and higher-quality articles about beetles on Wikipedia than at any other point in Wikipedia's history.

For progress, see /Progress.

Hot articles

Participants
If you wish to join this project, please add your name here along with a little description about your interests:
 * 1) User:Croujay - an undergraduate student learning about behavioral ecology, particularly focusing on beetles
 * 2) User:Daniel Mietchen &mdash; involved in organizing the biodiversity literature and harvesting information from there for reuse on Wikimedia projects
 * 3) User:Gug01 - am interested in the family Carabidae, but am happy to help wherever needed.
 * 4) User:Mishae - Wrote a lot of articles on beetles and entomologists. (User blocked indefinitely February 2017)
 * 5) User:Hectonichus - Wrote a lot of articles on beetles and other families.
 * 6) User:Hahelen — I'm an undergraduate student learning about behavioral ecology. I hope to apply what I learn to these wikipages.
 * 7) User:Hipper2305 — I am an undergraduate biology pre-med student and hope to contribute to Wikipedia by improving on the current articles published about different species of beetles
 * 8) User:Wilhelmina Will - Fill in missing beetle taxonomy pages; develop these pages where possible.
 * 9) User:Mothman27 - I am interested in Cetoniidae, Lucaniidae, Carabidae, and many others. I will help where I can.
 * 10) User:Zakhx150 - General amateur coleopterist, usually creating pages and righting wrongs. Often found updating the WikiProject's pages.
 * 11) User:IExistToHelp- I won many competitions about beetles when I was in grade and middle school.
 * 12) User:Ds2320 - happy to help where needed
 * 13) User:Million Moments - specialist in plant pests
 * 14) user:fourdots2 I am interested in coccinellidae particularly those in the UK :)
 * 15) Barbara How could anyone NOT love beetles?
 * 16) User:Hat theif - I think they're lovely. I'm willing to bring my efforts to the table!
 * 17) User:BeataDunne Working on User:Pengo/missing_insects. Got practiced finding information, especially about beetles for my Bachelor thesis
 * 18) User:Leomk0403
 * 19) Judgesurreal777 (talk) 20:06, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * 20) Kayenator (talk) 20:23, 7 February 2022 (UTC)
 * 21) User:Rugoconites_Tenuirugosus (talk) 19:46, 8 February 2022 (UTC)
 * 22) User:Edisstrange - interested in helping where I can. 05:01, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
 * 23) User:Wolfgang_likes_bugs interested in australian beetles and improving obscure articles
 * 24) User:Memer15151 I work on the family Erotylidae, but am happy to work on any other type of beetle. I usually create articles.
 * 25) User:StaphylinidaeGuy Professional entomologist specializing in Staphylinidae, just joined Wikipedia to help fill out the many missing articles
 * 26) User:Inndrid Entomologist undergrad who needed a hobby. Helping wherever I can.
 * 27) User:MrMadZombie I am a user that contributes to and creates Cerambycidae articles.
 * 28) User:Sachi.sb I am a university student working with my peers in a Behavioral Ecology class to contribute to pages about various beetles. Super excited to learn more!
 * 29) User:Pothos144 interested in insects as a whole and beetles are some of my favorites!
 * 30) User:M.l.xu I'm an undergraduate student in a behavioral ecology class interested in learning more about various insects!
 * 31) User:MiJiEm I'm an undergraduate student in a behavioral ecology class hoping to contribute new information about cool beetles!
 * 32) User:Owen Guo I'm an undergraduate student who is interested in writing and learning about different beetles for a behavioral ecology class!
 * 33) User:ardenpedraja I'm an undergraduate student at WashU who is interested in learning more about ecology and contributing to Wikipedia through our Behavioral Ecology course!
 * 34) User:Luisss79 I am an undergraduate student in a behavioral ecology class interested in learning about various beetles. I will specifically be looking at the tortoise beetle!
 * 35) User:Andrrewyu123 I am a college student excited to learn more about beetles.
 * 36) User:Angelina2024 I am an undergraduate student taking a behavioral ecology course where we will be contributing to articles about beetles. I am interested contributing information to these pages!
 * 37) User:MichelleLi455 I am a WashU student taking behavioral ecology, and I am excited to contribute to the Wikipedia knowledge base on beetles!
 * 38) User:Marbleparade I am an undergraduate student at WashU interested in contributing to the general knowledge about beetles!
 * 39) User:Beetles4life I am an undergraduate student taking behavioral ecology, and I just want to talk about beetles as much as possible.
 * 40) User:NHanselman I'm an undergrad in behavioral ecology. Looking forward to contributing to the project!
 * 41) User:Rikkizd101 I'm an WashU student in behavioral ecology, and I am looking forward to learning about beatles!
 * 42) User:Esacchetti I'm taking Behavioral Ecology at WashU and am excited to learn more about beetles!
 * 43) User:E.a.eslinger I'm an undergraduate at WashU in Dr. Strassman's Behavioral Ecology course. I am excited to learn more about beetles and contribute to Wikipedia!
 * 44) User:Jaden.l17 I'm a WashU student taking behavioral ecology and will be contributing to an article on beetles!
 * 45) User:Sbimal I am an undergraduate student who likes funky looking beetles
 * 46) User:Amandayu19I'm a senior undergraduate student at WashU. I will be studying and writing about beetles!
 * 47) User:VedantWI am an undergrad at WashU and I am excited to contribute on beetles pages and writing for Wikipedia. I have loved beetles since I was a kid - I had a pet beetle when I was 7 and my mom made me get rid of it :(
 * 48) User:Anushkav18I'm a student at WashU in Behavioral Ecology, and I'm excited to explore and learn more about beetles!
 * 49) User:JustinxujeI'm an undergraduate studying biology and I'm writing about Thistle tortoise beetle. I'm excited to learn how to write for wikipedia!
 * 50) User:Kidsnextdoor954 I am WashU student doing a project on how the tortoise beetle gets its coloration!
 * 51) User:Movadoor I am a senior at WashU that will be writing about the Namib desert beetle.
 * 52) User:Cvj.005 I am an undergraduate student in behavioral ecology excited to contribute more to knowledge on beetles!
 * 53) User:JKatieWiki8Feb I am a WashU student taking Behavioral Ecology, and I want to write about beetles!
 * 54) User:JacksonPanWashU I am taking Behavioral Ecology at WashU, hoping to contribute towards beetle pages on Wiki!
 * 55) User:VSimhambhatla I'm an undergrad at WashU studying beetles in Dr. Strassmann's Behavioral Ecology course. Excited to contribute to the project and learn more about beetles!
 * 56) User:Chri Ye I'm an undergraduate student at WashU taking Dr. Strassmann's Behavioral Ecology course. I will write about Salt Creek tiger beetle!
 * 57) User:Alexiathia I am a senior at WashU and will be writing about the button beetle!
 * 58) User: BreannaY77 I am a junior at WashU, taking Behavioral Ecology. I am excited to contribute my knowledge on beetles!
 * 59) User: Bomapoodle I'm a junior at Washu taking Dr. Strassmann's Behavioral Ecology course. Excited to learn more and contribute to the beetle pages!
 * 60) User: Reaggyl I'm a senior at Washu taking Dr. Strassmann's Behavioral Ecology course. I'm excited to contribute to the beetle pages!
 * 61) User: Heater4 I'm a senior at Washu taking Dr. Strassmann's Behavioral Ecology course. I'm excited to contribute my knowledge on beetles!
 * 62) User: Gbuml I am a sophomore at WashU; I am taking Behavioral Ecology and am excited to learn more about beetles.
 * 63) User: Oroblancos I am a senior at WashU taking Behavioral Ecology. I'm looking forward to learning about beetles!
 * 64) User: MikakipnisuserI'm an undergraduate student at WashU and I'm super excited to be a part of this page and get to learn more about beetles!
 * 65) User:E.kidest I'm a Junior at WashU and I am taking Behavioral Ecology, where I'm excited to learn more about different kinds of beetles.
 * 66) User: Geluck.t I am an undergraduate student at WashU learning about behavioral ecology and beetles. I hope to apply what I learn to contribute to this page.
 * 67) User:Connectscience0224 I am an undergraduate student excited to discover more about beetles. I changed my username so I am re-entering this comment.
 * 68) User:Frenchfrylvr I am an undergrad student taking a class about Behavioral Ecology and am excited to learn more about beetles and contribute to hope to apply what I learn there to Wikipedia.
 * 69) User:AWolfSpider I am interested in insects and beetles, stag beetles are my favorite.
 * 70) User:Metacladistics I am interested in adding images to species pages that currently have no image, from iNaturalist. It is better to have some kind of image rather than nothing! A picture is worth a 1000 words! I am starting with coccinellidae.

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