Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dragonfly on leaf

Reason: Good quality showing the body, and eyes of the insect.
Proposed caption: Dragonflies valued as predators, help control the populations of harmful insects, such as mosquitoes; hence are vital in control of insect vector diseases especially in the Third World countries.
Articles this image appears in: Dragonfly
Creator: ME

Support as nominator Muhammad Mahdi Karim 19:46, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Wings obscure head, and sharpness isn't enough to make up for it.--Here T oHelp 19:51, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comments I've bee observing this fly for a week now, and this is how it always perches, wings covering head. Muhammad Mahdi Karim 20:17, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's embarrassed after being stalked for a week. What is the specific species? They certainly do not all do this. Puddyglum 21:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It appears to be a Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis. — BRIAN0918 • 2007-09-14 13:21Z

Oppose A tad too blurry for a FP. The bright stalk of the plant takes some of the attention away (and might have contributed to the blurry problem). Still, if I took this picture it would be hanging in my house. :) Puddyglum 21:39, 13 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. This is a really nice picture, but there's a slight issue that its only use is in the gallery in one article. OK, technically it's in an article, but really a likely FP should be of more use than this. Also, given the number of dragonflies we get through here, a species ID would probably be of benefit. --jjron 01:46, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per HereToHelp. Debivort 02:16, 14 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above. Avala 00:13, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Looks great at full resolution Mario1987 16:02, 17 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Draws attention to the leaf and not the dragonfly.Buphoff 07:10, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
D'oh. Uploaded an Edit which I would have supported, but MER-C had closed in the meantime. Oh well. --jjron 10:25, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted MER-C 09:18, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]