The giant ichneumon wasp, megarhyssa rixator, has an unusual method for laying eggs. Using her overly-long ovipositor to drill deep into a tree trunk, she deposits a single egg on to the surface of an ...

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A female ichneumonid wasp, Megarhyssa perlata, drills into a tree to insert eggs on wood-boring beetle larvae hidden deep inside. (Kees Zwakhals Photo) Scott Shaw, a University of Wyoming entomology ...

MONITOR TWP. — It looks like something out of a horror movie — spindly legs, a long yellow and brown body, and a stinger-like tail that stretches for several inches. When Melissa Jean first laid eyes ...

This wasp's method of laying eggs will blow your mind! The giant ichneumon wasp, megarhyssa rixator, has an unusual method for laying eggs. Using her overly-long ovipositor to drill deep into a tree ...