Oviduct - Tube carrying egg cells to the outside. Fertilisation may occur at some point in the oviduct.
Oviparous - Laying eggs in which embryos are at a very early stage.
Ovipositor - Organ possessed by many female insects for placing eggs in suitable position. It is made or several parts that interlock. The ovipositor of many hymenopterans is very long and in the ichneumon Rhyssa it can drill a hole in wood to reach the grub in which Rhyssa lays its eggs.
The stings of bees and wasps are modified ovipositors and that is why the drones cannot sting they have no egg-laying apparatus.


