Talk:Devil's coach horse beetle

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"olens" means "smelling", not "oily" (it is the present participle of Lat. oleo = to smell). Corrected. 142.3.164.195 22:32, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Taxobox

Lacking any professional experience in this area, but willing to try, I'd like to create a taxobox for this insect, something like:

Is there anyone who can check this please? Billlion 20:16, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Done JoJan 15:21, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Capitalization

I thought we were right to stick with Devil's Coach-horse Beetle. It seems it is controversial Wikipedia:Naming conventions (fauna)#Capitalization of common names.Even then should not Devil's be captalized as we are talking about The Devil here not a devil. Billlion 2 July 2005 13:11 (UTC)

Following this discusion [1] I suggest the title should be Devil's coach-horse beetle, following the convention on capitalization and the hypenation used in the OED. Also just to point out that where it is referred to in the article the "Devil" should be capitalized as above (The Devil).Billlion (talk) 20:52, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

Link to The Devil's Coach Horse (poem)

I would value a link to my poem, which uses some licence and mythological references.

http://soundcloud.com/john_goose/the-devils-coach-horse

John Goss — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.101.189.52 (talk) 08:04, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Sorry I don't think that would be notable.Billlion (talk) 08:10, 4 June 2011 (UTC)

Novel

Is the Richard Lewis novel notable enough to mention. It is for sale second hand on Amazon but I wonder how many copies it sold?Billlion (talk) 19:49, 11 June 2011 (UTC)

Structure

I believe to help the flow of the article, you could move the "Description" section towards the top, either before or after etymology. It seems more reasonable to talk about what the beetle looks like before going into more specific topics. MiJiEm (talk) 00:30, 15 February 2024 (UTC)

It is very interesting that this species is fed on a wide range of prey, including spiders, which usually is the opposite predator-prey relation. This entry includes limited information on the beetle’s behavior. I think it would be helpful to add more information on topics of Home range and territoriality, Parental care, and Social behavior. Chri Ye (talk) 04:09, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

@Chri Ye: Sure. If you find a reliable and independent source that has that information, please update the article with that informaiton and cite the source. - UtherSRG (talk) 13:21, 16 February 2024 (UTC)