Talk:Titan beetle

message: *this is basically a verbatim rip-off of david attenborough talking about the titan beetle in the second episode of life in the undergrowth. i'll correct the typo, but someone with knowledge on the subject should really swap all this with some non-copyrighted info. supine 04:02, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: There seems to be a duplicate article called Titanus giganteus.  Maybe they should be merged?? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.15.2.249 (talk • contribs) .
:I agree, Titanus giganteus should be merged here. IronChris  |  (talk) 21:22, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It seems that Titan beetle is the more common name, so it should be merged into this. Richard W.M. Jones 21:59, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

text: It does seem foolish to maintain two articles about the exact same beetle, both of which have essentially the same info and level of detail. --Jhml 23:45, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge

message: On the titan beetle page it is mentioned that T. giganteus with a maximum size of 16.7 cm is the 2nd largest beetle species after D. hercules. However, on the D. hercules page it is mentionned that D. hercules, with a maximum length of 17 cm, is being exceeded in size by both T. giganteus (max 17.5 cm with 18+ cm species alleged to exist) and Macrodontia cervicornis (17.5). On the Macrodontia cervicornis page it is mentioned that this species reaches over 17 cm.
On the Natural History Museum of UK website it is mentioned that T. giganteus in the largest beetle species with a registered specimen of 16.7 cm. However, Maia et al. (Maia, A. C. D., L. Ianuzzi, C. E. B. Nobre & C. M. R. Albuquerque. 2003. Padrões locais de diversidade de Cerambycidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) em vegetação de caatinga, pp. 391–434. In: I. R. Leal, et al. (Eds.) Ecologia e conservação da caatinga. Editora Universitária da UFPE, Recife, 802 pp. i0031-0603-89-4-209-Maia1) report that Lima (Lima A.M.C. 1955. Insetos do Brasil, Coleópteros, Vol. 9. Escola Nacional de Agronomia, Rio de Janeiro) reported 20 cm long specimen(s). This latter publication should be verified for clarification. 192.197.71.189 (talk) 18:57, 21 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Discrepancies with the hercules beetle page

message: — Assignment last updated by JacksonPanWashU (talk) 21:13, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Wiki Education assignment: Behavioral Ecology 2024

message: In the Titan beetle article, there was incorrect grammar under the Physiology section. There was a period between the ‘l’ and ‘e’ in ‘beetle,’ so I corrected the error to ‘beetle.’ since the period must be after the ‘e’. I also changed ‘tiger beetle’ to ‘titan beetle’ under the Physiology section.
There was a copyright violation in the lead section for the sentence “They defend themselves against predators by using their sharp spines and strong jaws. It is said that their mandibles can snap pencils in half and cut into human flesh.” So, I changed the sentences to “They protect themselves from predators with their sharp spines and powerful jaws, capable of snapping objects like pencils and potentially causing harm to human flesh.”
There seems to be only five sources in the article, which shows limited accuracy and reliability of the article. It is essential to include enough credible sources. For some paragraphs, there are no information of which reference source the information came from. For instance, in the third and fourth sentence of the Mating section, there is no inline citations for these sentences. The same occurrence happens in the last paragraph in the physiology section.
Additionally, there is one image in the taxobox and four images near the end of the article. There should be more images throughout the article to make it more enjoyable for the readers. In the Mating section, there should be an image of the larvae, which is important for illustrating its life cycle. In the Physiology section, I also added an image of the titan beetle’s antennae to highlight one of its key sensory feature of the beetle for the viewers to better understand the beetle’s sensory capabilities and appreciate its adaptation to its habitat. JKatieWiki8Feb (talk) 06:53, 26 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wiki Education assignment: Behavioral Ecology 2024