Valued image set: 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).