- 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...
-
satisfactorily settled herself,
lying upon her
right side she
extended her
ovipositor and
crawling slightly forward she
punctured the
ootheca in the
fifth egg...
-
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...
-
moths have only one **** organ,
which is used for co****tion and as an
ovipositor, or egg-laying organ.
About 98% of moth
species have a
separate organ...
- with
Tettigonia cantans,
whose wings are a
centimeter shorter than the
ovipositor, or
Tettigonia caudata,
whose hind
femurs bear con****uous
black spines...
-
ancestral apocritan,
allowing more
maneuverability of the female's
ovipositor. The
ovipositor either extends freely or is retracted, and may be
developed into...
-
presence of an
ovipositor, a spike-like appendage,
about 0.75
inches (19 mm) long, on the hind end of the
abdomen between two cerci. This
ovipositor allows the...
- and the
order Mantodea (mantises). All
modern Dictyoptera have
short ovipositors and
typically lay oothecae. The
oldest fossils of
Dictyoptera from the...
