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Insect Description-Content Creation

 
Insect Description – Content Creation
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What's this content for?
 
This writing task is to draw the first impression of a specific insect or spider to the audience. Try to narrow the distance between unfamiliar insects and spiders and people, reducing alienation.
 
This section is the first section directly talking about the characters of the insect and spiders, so it is a “first impression” section. Interesting is in the first place, making an impressive and unique impression of the target insect is the key.
 
Daily usage or industrial value is encouraged, which is easy to echo the audiences’ memory of this insect. Reduce entomological description and measurement of insects unless it is characteristic.
Requirement
1. General Requirements:
  • Word Count: Each description should consist of around 50 words.
  • Avoid Formulaic Expression: Try to change the choice of content and expression appropriately, preventing similar content with a similar structure from appearing repeatedly within one working set. Overly formulaic content (>50% content is written in the same form) will be rejected.
  • Avoid simple listing: including but not limited to geographical distribution and habitat. Try to use generalized terms, e. g., we should use “Northeast Asia” instead of “Japan, Korea, Inner Mongolia, and Russian Far East”. A simple listing of more than 3 items (countries, habitats) at one time is NOT ALLOWED.
  • Interesting: Each description should consist of 3 or more facts in different directions. Some facts are considered to be interesting (Goto section 2. what is an interesting fact?), try to include as much as possible.
  • Specific: Try to find the most characteristic facts about insects to build the descriptions. Avoid general information that lacks distinctiveness.
  • Balanced: Do not let any single fact take up too much space in one description.
2. What is an Interesting Fact?
2.1. Facts that are related to our daily lives or importance to ecosystems are considered interesting (Dos):
 
  • Practical uses like food, textiles, dyestuffs, etc.;
  • Symbolic uses in art, music, literature, etc.;
  • Ornamental use, raising as pets or making decorative specimens;
  • Name story;
  • Most …. (world records in any direction)
  • Notable habits for amateurs; (like some butterflies preferred to gather around puddles, larvae of scarabs walk on their backs, etc.)
  • Preferred habitats and host plants, a.k.a. “where can you find them”;
  • Harm to human/pet health, garden plants, crops, pastures, etc.;
  • Importance to the local ecosystem; (pest control, food source for important species, pollinator, etc.)
  • Invasive insects that threaten local ecosystem and biodiversity.
2.2. These facts are considered NOT interesting (Not Suggested):
 
  • Simply mention the place of origin (only in some limited conditions will it be considered as interesting, such as when it is highly invasive and you are chasing its origin; or declare the usage in a native garden, etc.)
  • Morphological description and measurements. (unless it is very uncommon in the plant world, or directly related to its usage.)
2.3. Do not mention these pieces of information (Don'ts)
 
  • Scientific synonym, alternative common name. These names are listed in our system in another section, please DO NOT mention them unless there’s an interesting name story behind it.
  • Taxonomy information is neither interesting to common readers nor can it be wrong (because of the taxonomy system that has changed frequently recently), please DO NOT mention it here.
Special Attentions
 
  • Use common names instead of Latin names whenever possible
  • Italicize any Latin words that appear (e.g., genus names, etc.)
Sample Descriptions
 
Danaus plexippus (monarch butterfly)
 
  • Monarch butterfly is considered to be one of the most familiar butterflies in North America. The name “monarch” is believed to be dedicated to King William III of England, Prince of Orange, for its coloration. The eastern population is known for its annual migration between Northern US and Mexico. To attract Monarch butterflies, “butterfly gardens” are widely built in US homes.