- The
ovipositor is a tube-like
organ used by some animals,
especially insects, for the
laying of eggs. In insects, an
ovipositor consists of a maximum...
-
typically have a
special ovipositor for
inserting eggs into
hosts or
places that are
otherwise inaccessible. This
ovipositor is
often modified into a...
- 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...
- and the
order Mantodea (mantises). All
modern Dictyoptera have
short ovipositors and
typically lay oothecae. The
oldest fossils of
Dictyoptera from the...
-
having the
longest ovipositors of any insects. They are
idiobiont endoparasitoids of the
larvae of wood-boring
horntail wasps. The
ovipositor can be mistaken...
- and wasps. The
common name
comes from the saw-like
appearance of the
ovipositor,
which the
females use to cut into the
plants where they lay
their eggs...
-
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...
-
modification of the
ovipositor into a stinger. However, many
members of the
group cannot sting,
either retaining the
ovipositor, or
having lost it altogether...
-
ancestral apocritan,
allowing more
maneuverability of the female's
ovipositor. The
ovipositor either extends freely or is retracted, and may be
developed into...
- ("chisel" in Latin: caelum),
referring to the "stout"
shape of its species'
ovipositors. The
Caelifera include some 2,400
valid genera and
about 12,000 known...
