Talk:Paraponera clavata

message: About the removal of the picture, see:  --Wynler|Talk 19:42, 25 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Previous Bullet Ant Picture

message: "A paralyzing neurotoxic peptide isolated from the venom is poneratoxin."
Either I don't understand chemistry (not unlikely), or this should be worded better.
N1ugl 10:33, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  isolated neurotoxin 

message: Correct me if I'm wrong, but it would seem to me that in-text referencing as used in this article -- (Bequaert, 1926) -- isn't how it's done on Wikipedia.
That may be proper in a research paper, but this is supposed to be an encyclopedia. Jdkkp (talk) 05:35, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: That's normally the initial state that sources get added until others come by and improve upon it.  So you can correct it if it's wrong :). Chris M. (talk) 18:56, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Referencing 

message: Is there a stinger as in wasps and bees, or is the stinging produced with the jaws?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.205.211.84 (talk) 03:08, 16 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stinger 

message: Is it true that they shriek before they attack? According to cracked, they say they do.
http://www.cracked.com/article_15816_5-most-horrifying-bugs-in-world.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.154.244.189 (talk) 19:31, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know of any reliable sources saying that they do, and from my original research they don't either. The cracked article is riddled with errors, see Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Science/2010_May_19#Botfly where I previously made comments as 86.7 and 131.111 - I wouldn't trust anything in that article if I were you. Smartse (talk) 20:02, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, upon more investigation, I'm wrong, they do make noise before attacking apparently although it is a stridulation (like a cricket) rather than a shriek which implies a vocalisation - see this. Smartse (talk) 20:12, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shrieking?  

message: Isn't this species also known (perhaps only regionally) as the alligator ant? A couple of online sources use this other term, and I've seen references to "alligator ants" elsewhere, although there does not seem to be a specific species baring this name. --Roz666 (talk) 11:50, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I've never come across that name before when reading the sources used in the article and I can't find anything in google either. Also - if it was a local name, it wouldn't it be the crocodile ant as alligators aren't found in their range ;) SmartSE (talk) 12:33, 6 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alligator ant? 

message: I think it would be interesting to see if there is any research on the behavioral ecology of this ant - it's nest structure, social hierarchy, methods of communication, etc. If anyone had the courage to collect such data, it definitely should be included. Ajlu1 (talk) 00:00, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I've been looking into this ant recently and it's an interesting one. When I have dealt with the articles Iridomyrmex and Myrmecia, I might scoop out some sources. Burklemore1 (talk) 06:49, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I propose on working on this article for the next couple of days and such. With 900-1000 views per day, I believe this is bound for a quarter million award. Burklemore1 (talk) 07:13, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, I should have said I'll work on this when I have the time... Burklemore1 (talk) 18:13, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: GA

message: I think this article could use some work in the behavior department. How did this ant interact with its own species and others around this? Since this animal can deal a great source of pain to others, it would benefit from a section on how its behavior may be of importance to people who see one or have an animal that interacts with these. How does the colony work? The stinger is a well flushed out part of this article, but it can benefit from other areas of information. Tefrancis (talk) 20:37, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This article is on my to-do list once I have other articles promoted to GA. It's among the most studied ants in the world, so finding information will be easy. Burklemore1 (talk) 18:12, 20 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Review 

message: There is a large amount of information about the history of this ant's taxonomy classification.  
But unfortunately, there is very little about the ant itself: Its behavior, its feeding habits, the reason for its extraordinarily painful sting, how it evolved, etc.
The history of its taxonomic classification is not really all that relevant to an article about the ant.  The other stuff that I mention is relevant, and I hope someone knowledgeable about the subject will include that material.
(ALSO: I am not at all sure that the word "synonymise" as used repeatedly in the passages about the history of taxonomic classification is being used correctly.  If it is used correctly, then I believe it is used correctly only in some technical sense that is not likely to be familiar to most readers of Wikipedia.  For this reason, I hope someone knowledgeable on the subject will rewrite those sentences so that they make sense to most readers.)Daqu (talk) 20:55, 19 November 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: What? The taxonomic history is ALWAYS relevant to all insect or other taxon articles. Go have a look at every single GA and FA article about a taxon and I guarantee you will see information about its taxonomy. I take this as insulting you dare to indirectly question my knowledge on this matter. I have promoted many ant articles to GA and once to FA, so I am fully familiar with what I'm working with thanks .I guess I'm not KNOWLEDGEABLE on this subject or other familiar topics because I haven't added any info about it's ecology yet, although a good example of me proving you wrong is when the majority of information recently added to Termite (which I promoted by the way) was done by me. Does that clearly tell you I am knowledgeable with subjects such as this? I believe you also did not read my earlier comments if you were bold enough to make such statements. Burklemore1 (talk) 11:10, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvements to this article 

message: I shall work on this soon, restructing the article, adding content, fixups and other stuff. Suggestions welcome, as long as you don't demand the exclusion of things you are not familiar with, but are so. ;) Burklemore1 (talk) 06:25, 13 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Construction begins soon

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: This reliable source says Bullet ants also live in Australia but the article doesn't list Australia. 60.230.0.235 (talk) 01:18, 20 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The article says . I'd guess though that they've mistaken it for bull ant. This source is more reliable and explicitly states there aren't bullet ants in Australia. SmartSE (talk) 20:26, 28 December 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Distribution and habitat 

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