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The following statement, from near the beginning of the article, is vague:
"they [insects] include more than a million described species and represent more than half of all known living organisms."
More than half of all known living organisms by number of species, by number of individuals, or by mass? Can anyone clarify this? M.J.E. (talk) 12:12, 10 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
And also vague is "a small number of species reside in the oceans, which are dominated by another arthropod group, crustaceans, which recent research has indicated . . ."
How recent? citation needed, I'd say. Nick Barnett (talk) 21:01, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Hermaphroditism in insects
I found this source on page 226. It says there is a controversy about hermaphroditism in insects with some saying it’s non-existent.
Also I have seen some sources say not a single hermaphroditic species occurs in insects.CycoMa (talk) 16:09, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's only a "controversy" because some people are unaware that there are hermaphroditic insects. As such, the fact that there ARE hermaphroditic insects, as this source confirms, easily ends the "controversy". Dyanega (talk) 18:22, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I’m aware of that.CycoMa (talk) 18:35, 25 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry it took me a while but sources like [this] have said this
This low percentage, however, raises to about 30% when excluding the extremely species-rich insects, which (interestingly) are never hermaphroditic (the example mentioned by Ghiselin [1969] appears based on flawed evidence [Disney 1993], and another example represents highly unusual transovarial transmission of sperm, rather than true hermaphroditism [Normark 2003]).
So it does appear there are scientists still arguing that insects aren’t hermaphrodites.CycoMa (talk) 22:40, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Judaism portal
I can't edit the page, it is protected. But maybe someone who can will get rid of the "Judaism Portal" link, clearly put there by some anti-Semitic troll. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:7081:1640:32:3D0B:F8CB:77A8:1BCF (talk) 22:21, 11 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. "All Jews are insects" is the sub-text, I suppose. Nick Barnett (talk) 20:58, 26 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, that's been there almost two years, added with this edit. I've removed the Judaism portal, but should remove most of the others as well. Before the edit it was just Insects|Arthropods|Animals|Biology and Chemistry|Ecology|Fish|Systems science|Plants|Mammals|Paleontology|Crustaceans|Gastropods|Agriculture|Viruses|Paleozoic|Mesozoic|Cretaceous|Drink were added. Are any of the additions useful? Maybe crustaceans and ecology. Thought? — Jts1882 | talk 07:41, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I pruned the list down further to more obvious ones here. KoA (talk) 18:58, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Business
2A03:2880:32FF:4:0:0:FACE:B00C (talk) 04:22, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. SpinningCeres 04:24, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]