Talk:Bactrocera dorsalis

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 26 August 2019 and 4 December 2019. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): RappaiT. Peer reviewers: Alicelixuan, Chickfilkay, AnuBalasubramanian.

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Mating information

A quick additional source that may come in handy with covering more behavioral/mating information on the fly: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4714078/AnuBalasubramanian (talk) 03:03, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Behavioral Ecology Project

Hi, as part of my Behavioral Ecology class at Washington University in St. Louis, I contributed to the B. dorsalis page to make it more comprehensive. I added sections for Description, Distribution, added more to the Life history heading, Food resources, and Interactions with humans. I also added another picture of the fly to the page in the Description section, for an additional view of the fly's coloring and markings. Any feedback is welcome! I also added my references to the References section. Thanks! RappaiT (talk) 18:48, 1 October 2019 (UTC)

I modified some information regarding the distribution of the fly in the U.S. under the Distribution header. I also added an additional paragraph to this section on previous infestations in the U.S., and the subsequent eradication efforts. I introduced some new information on concerns over further spread of the fruit fly into more regions due to climate region. In Life History, I added a small paragraph to the beginning on possible changes associated with the fly's development under cooler temperatures. I added some additional information on cargo and shipping concerns to the Interactions with Humans Section, and elaborated on some additional pest control mechanisms. Finally, I added three new headers: 1) microbiome, 2) physiology, and 3) mating. AnuBalasubramanian (talk) 03:26, 15 October 2019 (UTC)

Hi. This is a great article, covering a wide range of topics on the fly and citing valuable sources. I made some changes to the writing in terms of grammar, word choice, and sentence structure. I changed the heading names "physiology" to "flying," "microbiome" to "symbiotic relationships" and added the overarching section of "social behavior." I also added a new source on the effects of methyl eugenol on the fly species and the application of such effects in pest control through male annihilation before sexual maturation. If you decide to keep working on this fly, I would suggest digging deeper into the sources that are already listed and expand on morphology, parasitic relations, and predators. I would also do more research on what climate conditions exactly the species prefers and single out a "habitat" section which can combine with the "food resources" one. Hope it helps! Alicelixuan (talk) 16:39, 17 October 2019 (UTC)

On here I mostly focused on grammar, wording, avoiding excess words just to “get to the point” since there’s already a wealth of information here! Awesome contributions. I definitely agree with Alice that this fly has a lot of good sources on it, so if you choose tocontinue writing on this fly you could just expand on any topic. Chickfilkay (talk) 00:24, 18 October 2019 (UTC)

This article is filled with great information and is well on its way to being a good article! I went through and edited a lot of sentences for clarity as I found some of your wording to be unclear. I also fixed some formatting issues with extra spaces and weird alignment around photos. I would work on making sure to continue making sure each section is clear and removing redundancies. I also think that the part of the distribution section that talks about eradication efforts should be moved elsewhere. Great job!Christina.lindberg (talk) 00:24, 3 December 2019 (UTC)