Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Lipotriches sp. renom

Lipotriches sp. Male

Original - A male Lipotriches sp. bee of family Halictidae and subfamily Nomiinae, commonly called Sweat bee. The bee was about 6mm long. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Reason

Good quality, Ev and aesthetics. Bee caught carrying pollen which is what most people associate bees with, after honey. No other pictures of the genus on wiki. Previously nominated, but failed to gain quorum.

Articles this image appears in

Halictidae, Sweat bee, Lipotriches, Pollinator

Creator

Muhammad

• Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 00:47, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support easily meets the FP criteria Nick-D (talk) 01:55, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose as fir in the original nomination. I think the OOF head is a detriment. Noodle snacks (talk) 02:28, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
• Previous nom. --jjron (talk) 14:29, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
• Oppose, solid macro, but really nothing special. --Dschwen 18:58, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Not promoted --upstateNYer 05:10, 10 September 2009 (UTC)