Template:Did you know nominations/Geolycosa pikei

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 20:24, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

Geolycosa pikei

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• ... that the wolf spider Geolycosa pikei can immediately begin healing wounds on its abdomen?

• Reviewed: Sirimavo Bandaranaike

5x expanded by SL93 (talk). Self-nominated at 02:26, 11 December 2018 (UTC).

• This is sourced to the paragraph level to Canadian Journal of Zoology. (The hook depends on two sequential sentences in the article so a precise inline citation at the sentence level isn't possible.) No image and QPQ is done. Expanded, NPOV, and seemingly free of copyvio. The hook is undoubtedly interesting! Chetsford (talk) 17:00, 11 December 2018 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote this and added conversion templates, but I don't understand what you're referring to in the second paragraph under Description. Thanks, Yoninah (talk) 22:15, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: The top of the hole. I just added that to it, but I guess I don't understand the confusion. SL93 (talk) 02:48, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

• @SL93: the spider spins a silken lining on the top 2 inches (51 mm) or 3 inches (76 mm) of the hole doesn't make sense. I would have thought it spins something to cover the hole. This sounds like the silk is lining the upper 2-3 inches of the hole. Is that what the source says? Yoninah (talk) 15:05, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• Also, in comparing the hole to the "size of a knitting needle", how can it be up to 2 feet long? Have you ever seen a 2-foot-long knitting needle? Do you mean "the diameter of a knitting needle"? Sorry, I'm unable to access the source to see for myself. Yoninah (talk) 15:07, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

• @Yoninah: That's what the source says and what wolf spiders do. That is why I said "silken lining". The lining, as I stated in the article, stops it from caving in. I don't make stuff up from sources. SL93 (talk) 17:26, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• I fixed the next sentence, but I still fail to see how the silken lining doesn't make sense. SL93 (talk) 17:28, 10 January 2019 (UTC)
• Maybe you need a picture. SL93 (talk) 17:34, 10 January 2019 (UTC)

• A picture is worth a thousand words. Thank you! Now I get it! I tweaked the wording this way: In order to stop the hole from caving in, the spider spins a silken lining around the upper 2–3 inches (51–76 mm) of the hole.
• Restoring tick per Chetsford's review. Yoninah (talk) 20:22, 10 January 2019 (UTC)