Charlesdrakew

Charles

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CHARLES lives in southern England.

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Interests include; conservation, ecology, gardens, shotokan karate.

I mainly work on articles relating to southern England and rivers and Roman roads, plus anything else that catches my interest. I take lots of photos wherever I go to upload to commons.

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Dictyophorus spumans, the koppie foam grasshopper, is a species of grasshopper in the family Pyrgomorphidae, indigenous to southern Africa. The name "foam grasshopper" derives from the insect's ability to produce a toxic foam from its thoracic glands, using a combination of hemolymph with air from the grasshopper's spiracles. Adult males are typically 4.5 to 5 centimetres (1.8 to 2.0 inches) long, and females typically 5 to 7 centimetres (2.0 to 2.8 inches), but individual grasshoppers can grow up to a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 inches). This grasshopper of the subspecies D. s. spumans was photographed in the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden in Roodepoort, South Africa.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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		The Copyeditor's Barnstar
		For the incredibly helpful work and time you put into getting Gungnyeo and Musuri to have clearer descriptions, I, award Charlesdrakew this copyeditor's barnstar. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work!Caspian blue 20:16, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

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		For ORIGINALly helping me when I was a new Wikipedian. Thanks to you, I am where I am today. The Arbiter★★★ 23:45, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

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		Please, accept this well-earned reward for your efforts here on Wikipedia, friend! May you continue to aid others and devote your fine skill to editing articles here! God bless you! Celestialwarden11 (talk) 21:33, 16 February 2010 (UTC)

	The Civility Barnstar
	I'm really impressed how you turned a tense situation regarding the Councils/tobacco situation into a way to welcome and teach a newbie. Cheers! A fluffernutter is a sandwich! (talk) 12:58, 16 September 2011 (UTC)

	The Real Life Barnstar
	You rock! Thanks for being an awesome Wikipedian and helping so much! Theopolisme (talk) 21:17, 4 April 2012 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Congratulations on hitting 25k in edits!! Thanks for contributing to Wikipedia, Charles :) SarahStierch (talk) 22:46, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

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	Thanks Kisulius (talk) 08:46, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

On May 8, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Western Weald, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 23:33, 8 May 2009 (UTC)

On May 17, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article London to Brighton Way (Roman road), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Royalbroil 16:42, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

On June 13, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article New Lipchis Way, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Mifter (talk) 05:28, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

On July 30, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chichester to Silchester Way, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Shubinator (talk) 01:29, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

On November 15, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article North Bridge, Halifax, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 07:21, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

On November 21, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Dean Clough, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 19:14, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

On January 29, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Borough Market, Halifax, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

Materialscientist (talk) 18:01, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for this Victuallers (talk) 18:02, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

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