Chien Lee / Katydid (Tettigoniidae) female laying eggs, Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia

Andy Sands / Sawfly (Abia lonicerae) ovipositing on underside of honeysuckle leaf, Hertfordshire, England, UK, April

Piotr Naskrecki / Forktailed Bush Katydid (Scudderia furcata) female laying eggs in leaf, Estabrook Woods, Massachusetts

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Mustius afzelii) female laying eggs in plant stem, Ghana

Nick Upton / Pair of Yellow Dung Flies (Scathophaga stercoraria) male guarding female as she lays eggs on cow pat. Wiltshire, UK, April.

Chien Lee / Katydid (Tettigoniidae) female ovipositing eggs under tree bark, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Chien Lee / Katydid (Tettigoniidae) female ovipositing eggs under tree bark, Danum Valley Conservation Area, Borneo, Malaysia

Piotr Naskrecki / Katydid (Mustius afzelii) female laying eggs in the stem of a rainforest plant, Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana

Neil Bromhall / Bitterling {Rhodeus sericeus} laying eggs into mussel, Europe

Kim Taylor / Ichneumon wasp {Dolichomitus sp} female ovipositing in dead oak tree, UK.

Neil Bromhall / Bitterling {Rhodeus sericeus} laying eggs into mussel Europe.

Neil Bromhall / Bitterling {Rhodeus sericeus} about to lay eggs into mussel Europe.

Kim Taylor / Female horsefly {Tabanus sp} laying eggs on water rush over stagnant pond, UK.

Neil Bromhall / Bitterling {Rhodeus sericeus} about to lay eggs into mussel Europe

Piotr Naskrecki / Antlion (Myrmeleontidae) female laying eggs in sand, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Agama lizard {Agama agama} laying egg. Tsavo NP Kenya

Konrad Wothe / Ichneumon Wasp (Echthrus reluctator) female drilling into wood to lay eggs in beetle larva, Upper Bavaria, Germany