Talk:Metaphycus helvolus
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Yoninah in topic Did you know nomination
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![]() | A fact from Metaphycus helvolus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 November 2020 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Did you know nomination
edit- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:55, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
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- ... that the tiny parasitic wasp Metaphycus helvolus has helped control a major pest of citrus, Mediterranean black scale, in California and Australia?
- Reviewed: The Turn of the Screw (Ford Startime)
Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 06:03, 17 October 2020 (UTC).
- Article is long enough (1907 characters), new enough (created 11 October, nominated 17 October), and article is within policy
- Hook is short enough, interesting (most interesting fact in the article), and well cited by [1] (section Soft Scale Insects their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control)
- QPQ done
- Overall, this nomination passes, congratulations. Joseph2302 (talk) 15:48, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Cwmhiraeth: where does the source mention biological control in Australia? Yoninah (talk) 19:03, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: The one in the lead did not, but the one in the biological control section did, and I have added an extra one additionally. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:39, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
- Thank you. Restoring tick per Joseph2302's review. Yoninah (talk) 19:41, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: The one in the lead did not, but the one in the biological control section did, and I have added an extra one additionally. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:39, 27 October 2020 (UTC)