Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Nightmare stuff

Titanus giganteus beetle

Voting period ends on 5 Jul 2024 at 19:40:15 (UTC)

Original – The titan beetle (Titanus giganteus) is a longhorn beetle, the sole species in the genus Titanus, and one of the largest known beetles, as well as one of the largest known insects, at over 170 mm (6.7 in) in length.

Reason

High res high quality image with excellent EV. Lead image in a very notable article with high readership.

Articles in which this image appears

Titan beetle

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Insects

Creator

Didier Descouens on Commons

• Support as nominator – The Herald (Benison) (talk) 19:40, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Bammesk (talk) 01:01, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support – Hamid Hassani (talk) 02:58, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support --Archaeodontosaurus (talk) 04:54, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

• Support – Thats a big beetle ―Howard • 🌽³³ 10:12, 26 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support - — Rexter7890 (talk) 02:35, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 11:18, 27 June 2024 (UTC)
• Support Also, why is the page title "Nightmare stuff?" – _ZZ^Z'S 18:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Cuz, why not? A beetle of that size is nightmare worthy, right? xP The Herald (Benison) (talk) 01:18, 28 June 2024 (UTC)