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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 23:04, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
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Brachytrupes membranaceus
[edit]... that the tobacco cricket cuts vegetation, allows it to wilt, and stores it in its burrow?
- Reviewed: Going Back to My Roots
Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 09:25, 29 June 2015 (UTC).
New enough, long enough, meets core content policies. Good hook, as usual, and cited to an RS. I've got only one question: the source (and the article) says that it's likely that the tobacco cricket allows vegetation to wilt, but the hook seems to be more definitive about it; which is correct? --Jakob (talk) aka Jakec 14:45, 4 July 2015 (UTC)
- Indeed, I had anticipated a sharp-eyed reviewer might pick up on that. How about the rather more wordy
- ALT1 ... that the vegetation stored by the tobacco cricket does not ferment, so it is probable that it is cut and allowed to wilt before being carried underground? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 19:12, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
