Talk:Brown-tail moth

message: Isn't this thing poisonous?
Fr0 10:43, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: We have on our terasse a great number of them. We live in Lebanon - Middle East - and more precisely in the mountain at 6xx meters above sea level. Should I spray them? and with what?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.188.136.21 (talk) 20:55, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Article now makes clear that the hairs can cause rash and asthma reactions. David notMD (talk) 16:00, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Poisonous

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: At the start of this major article overhaul, many of the references (existing as un-numbered list, at end) were not in Wikipedia in-line citation format. Working on fixing that. Many of the works cited were old or obscure, could not be found on-line as articles or abstracts, and the information appeared to be covered by newer publications, now incorporated into the article. The most interesting - for historical purposes - was Fernand 1903. This article was found on-line and a citation was created. David notMD (talk) 15:59, 15 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Referencing failure 

message: Nominated for Good Article review on July 17th, but work needed on Predation, parasites and diseases section and other sections, including more on extent and impact of this moth in its native range. David notMD (talk) 11:45, 17 July 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Changed name from "Brown-tail" to "Brown-tail moth" because the old name did not make clear this is an insect. There are redirects for the obvious alternatives (Browntail moth, Browntail, Brown-tail, etc.). David notMD (talk) 19:31, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs work 

message: Below, the Host plants section at the start of the GA review. Text will be revised, as taken nearly word-or-word from ref Frago 2010. List is problematic, as not in Frago or the ref Frago cited. Looking for other source. If not found, will shorten. David notMD (talk) 02:39, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Host plants section 

message: This article repeatedly uses the words "hair" and "hairy" referring to the caterpillar of this moth. Is this proper terminology? I understood that only mammals have hair, and the filaments on insects are properly called "setae". CodeTalker (talk) 06:16, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: "Setae" technically correct, but the Wikipedia article Urticating hair supports the use of "hair" as a common-use terminology, and a Google search on "hairy caterpillar" yields almost 500,000 hits. Even the Seta article allows that "...setae may be called hairs..." I suggest the article either be left as is, or else in the Description section, a sentence be added to the effect that invertebrates have seta, plural setae, that can have the appearance of hairs and are commonly described as hairs or bristles. My preference would be for the continued use of "hair" and "hairy" throughout the rest of the article. David notMD (talk) 10:55, 21 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hair