Talk:List of largest insects

12" Mantid?

I think this needs at least a citation, it links to the African Mantis, but when you snake your way down the Wiki links the largest mantis you can find is reported to be 10cm (<4 inches). I also think the Heterochaeta sp. is bigger; certainly longer. Soundspawn (talk) 16:13, 13 August 2014 (UTC)

Wasps, tables, and sources

The article should have an entry for social wasps as well as for solitary wasps; the current organisation by order seems broadly sensible but somewhat artificially limits entries to one-per-order, whereas "largest ant", "largest bee" and "largest wasp" will seem different to many readers.

Perhaps a more flexible approach is needed, with name of insect and name of order in different (sortable) columns of a table.

Finally, the list is seriously under-referenced: there should be a source for every claim in the list. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:56, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

Other large bugs

Is there a list of largest extinct insects or largest spiders that should appear under "see also"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niedzielski (talk • contribs) 00:05, 1 August 2015 (UTC) bugs are mamals not insects — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.206.74.4 (talk) 01:21, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

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Largest wasp?

According several media, a hornet longer than 6 cm has been found in China along the border of Myanmar. If not fake news, it dwarfs even the Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarina.

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Pål Jensen (talk) 19:36, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Partially faked; you can see that someone has grabbed the sting and pulled the abdomen to almost double its normal length. Note in particular the image showing this specimen compared to other species of hornets - the abdomen NEVER exceeds the length of the hind legs unless the specimen has been stretched while drying. It is also clearly not a new species, it doesn't dwarf Vespa mandarinia, it IS Vespa mandarinia; it shows only minor differences from other specimens of the color form of mandarinia dubbed "magnifica", which has reduced abdominal bands, and is well-known from the area. The bottom of this page shows a similar specimen of magnifica with a wingspan over 80 mm, approaching the claim (93 mm) of the article you have linked. In other words, the only thing that could be legitimate about the news item you linked is the wingspan, and even that could easily be faked in a digital image. More to the point is that even at that size, it is not as large as Pepsis species, so STILL not the world's largest wasp, just the largest hornet. Dyanega (talk) 21:22, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

I was also going to chime in that one of the sources was the Daily Mail, which is essentially banned on Wikipedia. Looks like that's well justified here. Kingofaces43 (talk) 21:28, 19 June 2020 (UTC)

Stoneflies, and then again, Stoneflies

Stoneflies are listed twice, both in the contents and the text. I can't discern what the scheme for listing sequence is for this compilation, so i don't know which one should be deleted. Someone who knows, please pick one and discard the other. 2001:56A:F0E9:9B00:1D33:5C70:B51C:3D6E (talk) 11:51, 25 February 2022 (UTC)JustSomeWikiReader

Fixed. Thanks. Dyanega (talk) 16:19, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

Incorrect russian article linked

Russian language version of this articse is https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%88%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D1%87%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B5 , which is Largest Arthropods, not Largest insects. 23.137.250.190 (talk) 09:02, 26 April 2023 (UTC)