Dave Bevan / Female Giant wood wasp (Uroceras gigas) inserting ovipositor into tree stump to lay eggs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.

Heather Angel / Chalcid wasp (Gasteruption jaculator) nectaring on Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) cultivar, picking up pollen on legs and head. Long ovipositor used to lays eggs inside solitary bee nests. In garden, S...

Alex Hyde / Spiny Lobster Katydid (Panoploscelis sp.) female with ovipositor visible, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Amazonia, Peru. November.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Balloon-winged katydid (Tympanophora diminuta) female, William Bay National Park, Western Australia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

MYN / Lily Kumpe / Giant ichneumon wasp (Megarhyssa) female with very long ovipositor, Dugana Khad, Tuv Province, Mongolia. Meetyourneighbours.net project.

Claudio Contreras / Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) nesting, egg in nest, Arribada (mass nesting event), Playa Morro Ayuta, Oaxaca state, southern Mexico, IUCN Vulnerable, August

Kim Taylor / Rose sawfly (Arge ochropus) female cutting a groove in a rose stem in which to lay her eggs. Surrey, England, UK, June.

Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasps (Braconidae) approaching caterpillar of Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) to lay eggs on, Surrey, England, UK. June.

Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasps (Braconidae) approaching caterpillar of Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) to lay eggs on, Surrey, England, UK. June.

Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasp (Braconidae) with ovipositor extended approaching caterpillar of Lesser Willow Sawfly (Nematus pavidus). Surrey, England, June.

Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasp (Braconidae) with ovipositor extended approaching caterpillar of Lesser Willow Sawfly (Nematus pavidus). Surrey, England, June.

Dave Bevan / Female Giant wood wasp (Uroceras gigas) withdrawing ovipositor from tree stump after laying eggs, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK, September.