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Leucospis sp. - Leucospis affinis - female
Copyright © 2011 buprestis

Leucospis sp. - Leucospis affinis - Female
London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
July 12, 2011
Found this female drilling holes in my bee breaders yesterday. Note how far she's able to flap the abdominal tergites to get the ovipositor in the right direction. An incredibly sophisticated mechanism! How does she find the right position for placing the egg? It seems to be undirected somehow, cause it's beside the channel, but I assume, it'll work.
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Contributed by buprestis on 13 July, 2011 - 7:05pm
Last updated 16 June, 2021 - 2:17am

Moved
Moved from Leucospis affinis.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 16 June, 2021 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leucospis.
… Bob Biagi, 15 August, 2019 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 July, 2011 - 8:20pm login or register to post comments

Size
How big was she?
… Devon Henderson, 28 July, 2011 - 10:16am login or register to post comments

It does work…
See a video here on how she does it.
… Ross Hill, 13 July, 2011 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the link, Ross, an
Thanks for the link, Ross, and WOW! how flexible they are, although somehow frightening...
… buprestis, 13 July, 2011 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

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