Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Image:Meat eater ant qeen excavating hole.jpg

Meat Eater Ant Queen

Not only is this a good shot of a fertilized meat eater ant queen, it shows a hugely significant event - the beginning of a new colony. I was originally just shooting the ant colony that was swarming, but as I was walking back home I was luckily enough to see this young queen. I followed her around and eventually she selected this spot and started digging.

Support Self Nom. --Fir0002 11:17, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support I like the macro shot and appreciate how tough it is to get a good one however I can't support any more strongly with the left ant being mostly out of focus like that. Cat-five - talk 11:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment, can that be confirmed? I mean, kudos, that would be national-geographic-style coolness. Nice quality too. What's the approximate scale of the pic? --Dschwen 11:56, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry should have added that to the description page - it's about 20mm. Do you mean can I go back and confirm if she was successful? I know after standing around for about 10mins she was out of sight! --Fir0002 22:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I should have been clearer. It is established that the queen dug, but does digging automaticall imply colony foundation? It shoud just be cleared with certainty, that this was not, let's say, digging for food etc. --Dschwen 09:18, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Ok, I did some reading. Looks like the colony formation is more common than I thought, but the picture is still great, especially with the extra pics showing the progress. --Dschwen 08:14, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

~~Weak~~ Strong Support I like the detail on the front of the ant ~~but the abdomen is a bit too fuzzy.~~ Fantastic shot though! Queen ants are very fascinating. --Tobyw87 12:34, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- - With the addition of the other shots I can only strongly support. --Tobyw87 14:55, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support The subject (the queen's abdomen to the head) is in focus, and the event is rare. What good timing! | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 14:06, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support yeah it is going to be a little out of focus in some areas since it is a macro shot. But what a nice find, highly encyclopedic. — Arjun 14:44, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support, especially considering the circumstances. Which version am I voting on though? --Tewy 21:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Top most (largest) image - the others I just added to show a bit more of the event. --Fir0002 22:08, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

(Edit conflict) Okay, still support. --Tewy 22:58, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support All pictures Very good catch! Will make an exellent FP. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 22:55, 6 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support first It's clear, it's encyclopedic, it's interesting ,and it's appealing. . It's awesome. Why1991 03:47, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Support - for reasons articulated above. Preference for first for greater view of subject. —Dgies^t c 07:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment File name has a typo "qeen", which really should be fixed before we make this a FP. —Dgies^t c 09:00, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- I noticed that too; does it really matter, besides showing how carefully the uploader named the image? --Tewy 09:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, sorry about that --Fir0002 07:42, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Support mostly the last image. _→AzaToth 02:04, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Support, either version A terrific set of photos, especially considering the size of the photo subject. Ackatsis 03:26, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I strongly suggest linking to the other images on each image page. --Tewy 20:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, that would be a good idea, and would make it more enc. | AndonicO ^{Talk | Sign Here} 23:34, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  - ..and has long been done by Fir :-) --Dschwen 07:52, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support All. All of them are good quality and quite encyclopedic. NauticaShad e s 14:29, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Meat eater ant qeen excavating hole.jpg --KFP (talk | contribs) 12:24, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]