- 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...
-
satisfactorily settled herself,
lying upon her
right side she
extended her
ovipositor and
crawling slightly forward she
punctured the
ootheca in the
fifth egg...
- 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...
-
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...
-
insects to
wasps about an inch long. Most
females have a long,
sharp ovipositor at the tip of the abdomen,
sometimes lacking venom glands, and almost...
- with
Tettigonia cantans,
whose wings are a
centimeter shorter than the
ovipositor, or
Tettigonia caudata,
whose hind
femurs bear con****uous
black spines...
- at the end of the adult's
abdomen which is
present in both ****es. The
ovipositor in
females is
typically longer and also
projects posteriorly, but it is...
-
million years ago.
Those early ancestors, however,
lacked the
internal ovipositors of
modern roaches. ****roaches are
somewhat generalized insects lacking...
-
modification of the
ovipositor into a stinger. However, many
members of the
group cannot sting,
either retaining the
ovipositor, or
having lost it altogether...
