minus-squarebrachypelmide@lemmy.ziptoUplifting News@lemmy.world•Captive Breeding Programme Enables a Successful Wētāpunga ( Deinacrida heteracantha : Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) Recovery ProgrammelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 days agoThe “dagger” is the ovipositor, a reproductive organ used to lay eggs. Despite its appearance it cannot sting, though in some insects the ovipositor has been transformed into a stinger (i.e. wasps) linkfedilink
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The “dagger” is the ovipositor, a reproductive organ used to lay eggs. Despite its appearance it cannot sting, though in some insects the ovipositor has been transformed into a stinger (i.e. wasps)