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... which the fruits first become infested. We know, of course, that the flies do not begin to puncture the husk until they attain a certain degree of softness. Early in the season they are not able, apparently, to penetrate the husk with the ovipositor, and that, of course, varies not only with hardness but with varieties. The flies, of course, may be seen on the fruit even though they are not able to penetrate the husk and deposit their eggs. These husks, of course, many of them, become dry and hard ...

— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting • Various

... of many breeds fail to glue their eggs to the surface on which they are laid (8/79. Quatrefages 'Etudes' etc. page 214.) but this proceeds, according to Capt. Hutton (8/80. 'Transact. Ent. Soc.' ut supra page 151.), merely from the glands of the ovipositor ...

— The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication - Volume I • Charles Darwin

... the thoracic cavity. Although no auditory organs have been found in the females, the song of the males is believed to serve as a sexual call. Cicadas are also noteworthy for their longevity, which so far as is known surpasses that of all other insects. By means of a saw-like ovipositor the female lays her eggs in the branches of trees. Upon hatching, the young, which differ from the adult in possessing long antennae and a pair of powerful fossorial anterior legs, fall to the ground, burrow below ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various

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