Valued image set: Oviposition among ichneumon wasps

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Oviposition among ichneumon wasps.

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  • Through chemical receptors the wasp suspects the host for her eggs

  • With the bigger spike, the wasp drills a hole in the bark

  • Now the wasp inserts the 2nd, intrinsic spike

  • Doing corrections

  • Depositing the eggs

  • Depositing the eggs

This set of images created by Richard Bartz shows the process of oviposition by an ichneumon wasp (Dolichomitus imperator).
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