Dave Bevan / Female Giant wood wasp (Uroceras gigas) inserting ovipositor into tree stump to lay eggs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.
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Ross Hoddinott / Female emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) laying eggs at the edge of a pond. Cornwall, UK.
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Ross Hoddinott / Female emperor dragonfly (Anax imperator) laying eggs at the edge of a pond. Cornwall, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Shield Bug (Hemiptera) female laying eggs on grass stem. Namibia, Africa.
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Michael & Patricia Fogden / Yucca Moth (Tegeticula yuccasella) pollinating Yucca flower (Yucca torreyi) and ovipositing, Mexico
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Alex Hyde / Leaf-mimicking Katydid (Tettigoniidae) female ovipositing into palm stem at night. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.
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Alex Hyde / Leaf-mimicking Katydid (Tettigoniidae) female ovipositing into palm stem at night. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.
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Nick Garbutt / Bush cricket / Katydid (Tettigoniidae ), female leaf mimic ovipositing into branch. Manu Biosphere Reserve, Peru.
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Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasps (Braconidae) approaching caterpillar of Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) to lay eggs on, Surrey, England, UK. June.
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Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasps (Braconidae) approaching caterpillar of Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) to lay eggs on, Surrey, England, UK. June.
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Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasp (Braconidae) with ovipositor extended approaching caterpillar of Lesser Willow Sawfly (Nematus pavidus). Surrey, England, June.
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Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasp (Braconidae) with ovipositor extended approaching caterpillar of Lesser Willow Sawfly (Nematus pavidus). Surrey, England, June.