How to use in-sentence of “ovipositor”:
– The female’s ovipositor is adapted to burrowing or sawing into the substrate, usually plant tissue.
– After they mate, the female will use her ovipositor to cut a line into the branch of a tree and lay her eggs there.
– The ovipositor is formed by the union of three pairs of rear appendages.
– Despite looking formidable, the ovipositor does not deliver a sting like many wasps or bees.
– The female abdomen also ends in a pointed ovipositor that looks a bit like a stinger.
– However, in many hymenoptera the ovipositor is used as a sting, and the female does not use it for egg-laying.
