Talk:Cochliomyia macellaria

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Behavioral Ecology Peer Review

This article is detailed, well organized, and effective at explaining why this fly species is so relevant and important! The information is in the appropriate headings and very thorough in detailing all aspects of this species. I fixed spelling errors like "spall" instead of "small" and "specially" instead of "especially." I also noticed some awkwardly worded sentences, so I tried to fix those. I noticed that there were some links to very common terms like "female," that were distracting, so I removed those and instead added some links to more complex terms. There was some repetition like linking to pesticides and myiasis 3-4 times, so I removed some links since normally links should only be used for the first occurrence of the word in the article. I saw that sometimes the 2nd or 3rd occurrence of a word was linked, so I removed those and only linked to the 1st occurrence. I also changed "millimeter" to "mm" throughout the article for consistency. Great job! --Mmhua (talk) 04:44, 2 November 2019 (UTC)

Thank you to all contributing authors of this article, especially Hvmoolani. This article is well organized and researched, and most of the relevant information of this fly appears to be present in this article. In the food resources section, I was curious if there was a reason why male and female flies have different food preferences as adults. Discussion about the evolution of this food preference dimorphism could improve the article. When I clicked the cited source to do research myself, I found that I could not find the source online. Many of the citations also lack page numbers so it is not easy to locate the part of the source which provides evidence for the claims in the paper. I suggest that the author include page numbers for the citations so readers can more easily find sources for the claims made in the article. I have also indicated where citations are necessary throughout the article, especially in the Medical Impact subsection. Furthermore, this article may be improved by adding a section discussing disease, since the lead paragraph mentions that this fly is a carrier of Salmonella and various viruses. --joshkim_wustl (talk) 19:00, 5 November 2019 (UTC)

Hello! I really enjoyed reading your article; it had a lot of interesting information about the life cycle of the fly in really comprehensive detail. The organization is good, and the writing is clear and easy to follow. Some visual edits I made include changing the capitalization of section headers (should use sentence capitalization) as well as the spacing around images so the article is more easy to navigate. I also added some more Wikipedia links on terms that aren't common knowledge. I think it'd be worthwhile to add a sentence on the forensic importance of this fly to the lead, since it could attract readers and show why this fly is significant. I like the overall writing of this article, but the "Description" section could be reworded, since there are many sentences that start with "the" to report facts. Steelwull (talk) 03:48, 6 November 2019 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: General Entomology

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 August 2024 and 6 December 2024. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Skyemears (article contribs).

— Assignment last updated by Skyemears (talk) 22:34, 1 December 2024 (UTC)