Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Sarcophaga ruficornis fleshfly mating.jpg

Original - Sarcophaga (Liopygia) ruficornis flesh-fly mating. Pictured in Dar es salaam, Tanzania

Reason: Good quality, DOF and very good EV. The genitalia (the plum like red stuff) are quite clear. Image is also well id'd and can be accommodated in species article if and when created Flesh flies are among the most important flies in forensic science due to their reproductive habits on decaying matter, and this is the best mating picture wiki has of them mating. FWIW, in my experience, it is very rare to find them mating.

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 13:16, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Durova⁴¹² 19:25, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 13:49, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Would have prefered slightly more space at the top though. Ðiliff «» (Talk) 14:03, 28 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

That's what he said! Yeah, ok, I'll get my coat... Gazhiley (talk) 21:20, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nominator.--Mbz1 (talk) 16:16, 29 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support for quality and EV. Fletcher (talk) 23:40, 30 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Support. J Milburn (talk) 11:23, 31 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'm not surprised it's rare to find them mating.Every time they get it together,some goon with a camera appears and starts snapping away.You'd hide away somewhere too if it happened to you ;) Lemon martini (talk) 01:06, 3 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sarcophaga ruficornis fleshfly mating.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 09:39, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]