| 31. | The wood wasp ovipositor contains two interlocking valves.
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| 32. | The ovipositor of the female has sclerotized cerci.
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| 33. | They are among the only Parasitica whose ovipositors can be used to sting vertebrates.
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| 34. | The ovipositor is about long and curved upward.
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| 35. | The female typically lays eggs inside the larva of a lepidopteran using its ovipositor.
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| 36. | After a rest period she begins " drilling ", repeatedly inserting her ovipositor.
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| 37. | Steps six and seven are the withdrawal of the ovipositor and departure, respectively.
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| 38. | The middle filament is the actual ovipositor which is capable of drilling into wood.
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| 39. | Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or otherwise inaccessible places.
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| 40. | Grasshoppers use their ovipositors to force a burrow into the earth to receive the eggs.
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