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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods
•  Info Kalidasa lanata is a species of hemipteran insect in the genus Kalidasa of the family Fulgoridae found in South India. The subject expert from Museum of Natural Sciences asked me to identify the host plant. I checked the site again and found plenty of them enjoying the sap of Ailanthus triphysa. All by Jkadavoor -- Jee 16:48, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jee 16:48, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 19:32, 3 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support The aliens have landed! How nice of one of them to land and pause right in the middle of the DoF on the tree you were photographing. --cart-Talk 22:21, 3 June 2017 (UTC)

  It is enjoying camouflage; so will not make any movement when threatened by a big camera. The bark color and the blueness in the wings matches very well and it was my niece found it. On the other hand, its nymph has warning coloration and running away when approached. Jee 02:13, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

•  Support PumpkinSky talk 02:07, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Daphne Lantier 05:58, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 10:41, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment The bug's nice as always, but lots of out-of-focus tree is not ideal. A 90 deg rotation and crop would be perfect, but you might not want to do that. Charles (talk) 13:48, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

  Thanks Charles. I agree; the OOF foreground is distracting. Regarding rotation, as you know a Mahogany will not have any lower level branches once grown up. So the insect is always on the main trunk. Jee 14:03, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

  I made a 2:3 crop. Better? (I kept the 1:1 details; but better if viewed in 80% size.) Jee 14:30, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

• What do others think? We know now it cannot be rotated, but I'd still chop a bit off the left hand side. Charles (talk) 16:27, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

•  Oppose in favor of the alternate version. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:02, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose Supporting the other version.--Peulle (talk) 13:31, 5 June 2017 (UTC)

Alt

• Pinging @Martin Falbisoner, W.carter, and PumpkinSky: , @Daphne Lantier, Yann, and Charlesjsharp: for opinion. Jee 16:41, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Also fine. --Yann (talk) 17:00, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Either one is OK with me. Daphne Lantier 18:33, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support OK too, take your pick. --cart-Talk 18:54, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support I like this one better, but the first one is fine too. PumpkinSky talk 20:27, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Much better Charles (talk) 20:41, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
• I  Support this version. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 21:01, 4 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Daniel Case (talk) 00:46, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Agnes Monkelbaan (talk) 04:28, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support even better --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 08:39, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support forget to vote. ;) Jee 08:56, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support--Peulle (talk) 13:33, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 22:14, 5 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 00:43, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Johann Jaritz (talk) 05:01, 6 June 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Atsme 📞 21:34, 6 June 2017 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 15 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /Jee 03:35, 14 June 2017 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods

The chosen alternative is: File:Kalidasa lanata-Kadavoor-2017-05-23-003.jpg