Ovipositor-The egg-laying apparatus; the external genetalia of the female.
Oxygen, O2-A colorless, tasteless, odorless gas that is 1/5 of the volume of the atmosphere and shields the earth from UV radiation.
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The female Ichneumon wasp has a long-up to three inches long-thread-like structure called an ovipositor on the end of their abdomens; this is for laying eggs.
She inserts her ovipositor (the saws) through the sepal. The insertion and withdrawal of the ovipositor often leaves a brownish discoloration on the sepal or receptacle, which helps in detecting infested blossoms. The egg is about 0.
Once the fruit begins to colour and ripen then it becomes attractive to this pest, and close inspection of specimens can reveal the sting mark on the flesh where the ovipositor penetrates into the flesh where the larvae are deposited inside the ...
 See also: Larva, Larvae, Stage, Genera, Insect
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