- Look up
ovipositor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The
ovipositor is a tube-like
organ used by some animals,
especially insects, for the
laying of...
- body and
ovipositor together can be more than 5
inches (130 mm) long in the female.
Males are
smaller and have no
ovipositor. The
ovipositor looks like...
-
typically have a
special ovipositor for
inserting eggs into
hosts or
places that are
otherwise inaccessible. This
ovipositor is
often modified into a...
-
Females typically have an
ovipositor for
laying eggs in or near a food
source for the larvae,
though in the
Aculeata the
ovipositor is
often modified instead...
-
metallic exoskeleton; the
stinger is
reduced in size and used as an
ovipositor.
Chrysidids differ from
other aculeate wasps (stinging Hymenoptera) in...
- with
Tettigonia cantans,
whose wings are a
centimeter shorter than the
ovipositor, or
Tettigonia caudata,
whose hind
femurs bear con****uous
black spines...
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satisfactorily settled herself,
lying upon her
right side she
extended her
ovipositor and
crawling slightly forward she
punctured the
ootheca in the
fifth egg...
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ancestral apocritan,
allowing more
maneuverability of the female's
ovipositor. The
ovipositor either extends freely or is retracted, and may be
developed into...
- Ophion) with
relatively short ovipositors use the
ovipositor in defense.
Males do not
possess stingers or
ovipositors in
either lineage. Head (Ichneumon...
- In this
respect the
ovipositor differs from most
other katydids, that tend to have straight,
sometimes very long,
ovipositors. The best-known pest species...
