Talk:Tetragnatha versicolor

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 15 September 2020 and 17 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Nickh994.

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Behavioral Ecology Peer Review

I thought the article had a lot of great information and was broken down well into organized sections. I removed non-neutral language, corrected for grammar, and italicized species that were unitalicized. I have a couple of suggestions for the introduction section. I was a little confused about the distinction between normal trees and forests in the introduction section. I think it may be helpful to clarify the distinction. I would delete this paragraph as the information is repeated later in the description paragraph:

T. versicolor will typically be colored dark yellow or pale orange and average around 5 mm for males and 6.5 mm for females in length. They are much longer than they are wide, making them very distinct. Overall, T. versicolor is a very small spider. In addition, T. versicolor can be distinguished from other spiders in Tetragnatha by the distinct separation of the anterior/posterior eyes and the appearance of their reproductive organs.

I would also recommend either deleting or rephrasing this paragraph as the information is identical to the information in the habitat section:

T. versicolor is considered a habitat generalist, and can thrive in many different environments. While they can be found in places like grasslands, wetlands, forests, etc., they prefer dryer areas like normal trees and shrubs. Unlike other spiders in the genus Tetragnatha, T. versicolor will rarely reside near aquatic environments.

M.s.w.lee (talk) 21:31, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

This article is off to a good start. There seems to be minimal research done on this spider, and you seemed to have covered most of it. I added a brief description of the term "habitat generalist" that you used. I also deleted subheadings if the subsections contained only a sentence or two - if you find more information to add to these sections, feel free to add the subheadings back in. I also added some information regarding the differential expression of the venom-producing gene between the sexes as well as various geographic locations. To further expand this article, I would consider adding information about the phylogenetic and population structure of the T. versicolor. Cjing99 (talk) 16:33, 29 November 2020 (UTC)

Overall, I think Nicholas Ho’s Wikipedia article for Tetragnatha versicolor provided a very good overview of the spider’s characteristics and had very interesting detailed information, including the sections on webs (web type, function, construction), mating, and behavior (hunting and communication). Most of my corrections were minor. For instance, I shortened sentences and combined other sentences to make his writing more concise. In addition, I moved sentences around to make the article flow better. I also changed some of the wording that made the article harder to understand, such as “minute” to “small”. In addition, I added a sub header to the description section in order to split it up and make it shorter so that it would be easier to read. Finally, I added some hyperlinks to outside pages, such as for the word camouflage.

delanieludmir (talk) 18:40, 3 December 2020 (UTC)