Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/American Burying Beetle

American burying beetle

I like the Darth Maul-like coloring of this creature and the way it blends with the blood-red foliage. The photograph was taken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and is used to illustrate the American Burying Beetle article.

Nominate and support. - EZ-SpelChek 01:23, 14 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Count on my support. I saw this on DYK and thought it was a stunning close-up of an interesting colored subject. - Mgm|^(talk) 22:19, 16 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Excellent. Enochlau 03:31, 18 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Blah. And just what is going on to the right of the beetle (I guess the beetle's left)? --Lord Vold e mort ^{(Dark Mark)} 20:37, 21 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Support - great picture JoJan 21:02, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I think what's going on to the beetle's left is severe posterization.PiccoloNamek 09:21, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- We could perhaps crop off the offending edges. Enochlau 11:03, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]
~~Oppose~~ - I agree the colouring is dramatic and desirable but otherwise this doesn't match the standard of our (mostly wonderful) FP bug photos. You can't crop it even more and still have an acceptable level of beetle and I'll be impressed indeed if anyone can replace the missing detail from the leaf ~ Veledan • Talk ^{+ new} 20:47, 23 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Leaf bad, but beetle & colour good. Withdrawing my vote & staying out of it due to indecisiveness. ~ Veledan • Talk ^{+ new} 20:48, 25 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:American burying beetle.jpg ~ Veledan • Talk ^{+ new} 16:19, 28 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]