1. After mating, the female, with the aid of her sharp ovipositor, slits open a twig on a tree or shrub and deposits her eggs. 2. Monarch females deposit eggs on the various milkweeds of the genus Asclepias. 3. The egg is deposited in its proper place. 4. The females may deposit eggs in unused play pools, birdbaths and water that collects in discarded tires. 5. The males sang while the females deposited eggs in slits they made in the branch tips, where the wood was fresh and soft to cut into. 6. The worms are the night-feeding larvae of a white to gray moth that deposits her eggs on the lawn in late afternoon or early evening. 7. Their practice is to deposit an egg in each cell, along with a store of pollen and resin as food for the larva that emerges from the egg. 8. Upon landing on their victim, they proceed to harass, extract blood, induce allergic reactions, introduce infectious organisms and deposit their eggs on their unwelcoming host. 9. In corn, for instance, a chemical signal summons a wasp that deposits eggs inside armyworms that feed on the corn plant. 10. In corn, for instance, a chemical signal summons a wasp that deposits eggs inside army worms that feed on the corn plant. |