Talk:African armyworm

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Peer review for WikiEd

Hi, I'm reviewing this article for Behavioral Ecology. I did not change much about the page because I thought that it was overall very well-written. I made some grammatical corrections and syntactical changes where I thought it would improve readability and understanding. Overall, this was a very interesting organism to learn about, and I thought you did a great job. Since you mention that there are two types of larvae (gregaria and solitaria), I think it would be interesting to add a section on social behavior, and also explain how these two different larval conditions arise. Lauraem7 (talk) 09:29, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

hello! i'm reviewing for the same course. This article was detailed, informative, and easy to read, and i was really impressed by the changes you made. i made only a couple of small changes: i added the word "adult" to the habitat section to clarify that adults, not larvae, undertake long, wind-dependent migrations; i added a link; and i added two pictures. One picture was of a potential food plant, and one was of the distribution of grassland in Africa. i was disappointed that more relevant images were not available as a picture of an adult would have been nice. there was one point that seemed inconsistent to me- it is written that the geographic range is mostly concentrated near the Sahara, and that the species lives in tropical and subtropical climates, and the African countries listed stretch from north to south along the east coast of Africa. these statements made it difficult for me to picture the species' range, but I found the image i added showed that the locations of grasslands mapped pretty well to the countries you listed. --Kaylaholthaus (talk) 04:18, 6 October 2017 (UTC)

COMMENT

[1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.117.215.118 (talk) 04:28, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Adult Form

It appears as though the caterpillars are the main pests, but there is very little information/no pictures on the adult moths. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mperumattam (talk • contribs) 04:41, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Edits

I added additional information in the lead paragraph, and added the following sections: Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Geographic Range, Habitat, Food Resources, Life Cycle (Egg, Larvae, Pupae, Adults), Migrations, Outbreak Behavior, Enemies (Overview, SpexNPV), Physiology (Thermoregulation), and Interactions with Humans. Catejiang (talk) 20:53, 3 October 2017 (UTC)

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Section headings

@Catejiang: Just a note that on Wikipedia the standard way of writing section headings is in sentence case. That is, the first word is capitalized and subsequent words are not capitalized unless they include a proper noun. That's explained at MOS:HEADINGS in our Manual of Style.  SchreiberBike | ⌨  00:02, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

@SchreiberBike: Thank you for letting me know! I appreciate the advice and will keep it in mind for next time. Catejiang (talk)

Subspecies

Hi, I would recommend taking the subspecies information from the taxonomy and phylogeny section and creating a new subspecies section.

Slzeng (talk) 22:14, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

Questions following copy edits

• I standardized on mdy dates to match the American English used.
• Where it says "dating methods reveal", what dating methods?
• Where it says "African armyworm outbreaks are often observed where fields become overrun by the caterpillars", isn't that the same thing? Perhaps "In African armyworm outbreaks, the fields are overrun by caterpillars".
• Where it says "cereal grasses, grasslands, and pastures", those things are not parallel.
• Where it says "that can last between 14 and 22 days", is that the length of each instar, or the length of six instars?
• Are gregaria and solitaria italicized in sources?
• Where it says "However, the two larval phases go on to display different migratory behavior", do sources say that's an epigenetic effect? That would be interesting.
• Should "Normuraea rileyi" be "Nomuraea rileyi"?
• Is "aqueous neem seed" Azadirachta indica?
• "1,400 acres" isn't really very much, is that right?
• I'd think there should be something on mating.

Thanks and keep up the good work.  SchreiberBike | ⌨  19:36, 31 October 2017 (UTC)

@SchreiberBike: Thank you for your comments and edits! I have clarified and edited the wording of the article. In particular, I specified the dating method, fixed the grammar of the sentences you mentioned, specified that the '14 and 22 days' was the total length of all six instars, italicized gregaria and solitaria, added the hyperlink for the aqueous need seed, and added a section on mating. For the Normuraea rileyi, I double-checked the primary source and it was spelled as originally put. However, I did more research and it appears to be Nomuraea rileyi, so I have made that edit as well. I also clarified that the "1,400 acres" was specific to a region in Tanzania. Catejiang (talk) 23:02, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Geographic range

The reference to countries near the Sahara and the countries listed are contradictory - many of these countries are far from the Sahara. Wayne (talk) 08:47, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

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