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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 16:50, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

Anoplognathus viridiaeneus[edit]

Anoplognathus viridiaeneus

• ... that the once-common King Christmas beetle has all but vanished from the Sydney region?

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Watson Government
• Comment: Christmas queue?

5x expanded by Casliber (talk). Self-nominated at 13:57, 21 December 2015 (UTC).

• Article good, hook is boring. Lots of species vanishing from regions due loss of habitat -- tell us why it's called Christmas beetle, or King, or that it used to overwhelm the trees and drown in Sydney Harbor in the 1920s [1] NE Ent 15:56, 21 December 2015 (UTC)

ALT1: ... that swarms of the King Christmas beetle would drown in Sydney Harbour as branches bearing them bent and dipped water from their weight?

ALT2: ... that the 3 cm long King Christmas beetle is the largest species of christmas beetle?

• I have verified the original hook and alt2 though I prefer the original. I have struck alt1 as the source for it refers to the genus rather than the particular species. I would like to see a few more blue links for the esoteric terms in the article, but given that this is a Christmas hook, we are short of such hooks and there are only a couple of days to go, I'm approving as is. Gatoclass (talk) 13:52, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

• A few one-line paragraphs lack any cites, per DYK rules. Yoninah (talk) 14:34, 22 December 2015 (UTC)

• I found the cites in one of the sources. I also prefer the original. Restoring tick per Gatoclass' review. Yoninah (talk) 16:49, 22 December 2015 (UTC)