Commons:Featured picture candidates/File:ORTH Anostostomidae Deinacrida rugosa in habitat.png

File:ORTH Anostostomidae Deinacrida rugosa in habitat.png, featured

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•  Info created by Des Helmore - uploaded by Giantflightlessbirds - nominated by Giantflightlessbirds -- Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Info This is one of over 1000 scientific illustrations made over a 30-year career by Des Helmore, released under an open licence by Landcare Research. Helmore was regarded as an insect illustrator with an international reputation. Several of them have value outside of scientific articles, and if the community feels they're technically proficient and significant enough I'll nominate some more. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:10, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support -- Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 04:00, 13 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Oppose I've never seen this massive insect, but the illustration fails to show the massive size and looks as if it fails to illustrates the typical curve of the abdomen. Does not indicate sex. Link on description page is broken. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:15, 13 April 2024 (UTC)

  I have seen this insect in life, and that's an accurate portrayal of its proportions and of the abdomen. The wood grain is a pretty good indicator of scale I think. Sex is indicated by the ovipositor (I've added that to the description). The Landcare permissions page has been moved, thank you for picking up on that, so I've fixed the link and have run visual file change replacement on the other 1088 images. Giantflightlessbirds (talk) 10:05, 14 April 2024 (UTC)

•  Support It seems I have seen this insect. I trust Des Helmore to make an accurate representation. This is very well drawn, and a good scan. Yann (talk) 15:50, 14 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support per Yann. Thanks to Giantflightlessbirds for updating all the links! – Aristeas (talk) 07:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --Llez (talk) 09:46, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support--Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 12:57, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --MZaplotnik^(talk) 20:17, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
•  Support --The Cosmonaut (talk) 15:00, 19 April 2024 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 7 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /-- Radomianin (talk) 06:02, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Non-photographic media/Others#Animals