Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Ichneumonidae mating

Original - Cremastinae of family Ichneumonidae mating. Cremastinae are koinobiont endoparasitoids of Lepidoptera and sometimes Coleoptera larvae.

Reason: The flies are very small and maintaining a good DOF at this high level of maginification is very difficult. Good quality and lighting of a very rarely seen and photographed incident (according to the one who helped identify the subject). This picture is the first picture on wikipedia which shows the mating of these wasps.
Articles this image appears in: Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae
Creator: Muhammad

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 19:50, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support This image is a macro action and IMO is interesting enough to get FP status. The image made me go to the article and read more about the insects.--Mbz1 (talk) 20:04, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Where do you find all these insects having sex? Do you just randomly run into them when you have your camera? ~ ωαdεstεr16_«talk^stalk» 21:30, 21 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- I chanced to find these insects. As I was leaving home for Friday prayers, I saw some movement around the leaf of a plant in the garden. I rushed in, got my camera and photographed the incident :) --Muhammad(talk) 06:22, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 02:02, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support attractive image (if you can say that about the subject matter) and encyclopedic. --Leivick (talk) 05:52, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support We need more arthropod porn. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 18:55, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Shoemaker. brings violins Durova^Charge! 20:49, 22 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. Makeemlighter (talk) 06:25, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Ichneumonidae mating.jpg MER-C 07:12, 2 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]