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Info created & nominated by --Richard Bartz 13:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)- Info Ichneumon wasps are important parasitoids of other insects, and beneficial organisms. Species attacking wood-boring larvae (which are mostly forest pest) must penetrate considerable depth of wood to oviposit, and have attained an extreme length of this organ. This requires an involved process of manipulation to attain the required position for drilling and to exert the force necessary for penetration.
The process of oviposition
1 Tapping with her antennae the wasp listens for the vibrations that indicate a host is present.
2 With the longer ovipositor, the wasp drills a hole through the bark.
3 The wasp inserts the ovipositor into the cavity which contains the host larva.
4 Making corrections, the oviposter must deposit the eggs into the larva or they will be lost.
5 After finding a host larva within the cavity, the wasp deposits her eggs.
6 The wasp is still depositing her eggs.
7 Not pictured here is a male wasp; they just tap around looking for willing and able females.
Support I was eyewitness --Richard Bartz 13:44, 29 January 2008 (UTC)- Support x 10 : Extraordinary --B.navez 17:45, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support Wonderful. Not sure that 'suspects' is right in 1, though. --MichaelMaggs 19:32, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support --Karelj 21:28, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support superb --Plenumchamber 22:52, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support Wonderfully done, I wonder how long until we start using video to demonstrate this sort of thing on the Wikis. Calibas 06:53, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support Amazing series of 'action' shots. Freedom to share 22:06, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
- Support text needs tuning though. Lycaon 00:48, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
result: 8 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral => featured. Mywood 21:48, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
