Parasitoid wasps 2: drilling wood with an ovipositor the length of its body

The parasitoid wasp Rhyssa persuasoria (Linnaeus), also known as the giant ichneumon wasp, is used to illustrate the process of drilling wood with its ovipositor. Photo 1. Rhyssa persuasoria  Boris Hrasovec, Faculty of Forestry, Bugwood.org    licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial … Continued