A female Certonotus fractinervis, one of New Zealand’s largest native wasps. She uses her massive 3 cm long ovipositor to drill into native trees to lay eggs inside the larvae of a beetle called the elephant weevil.
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A female Certonotus fractinervis, one of New Zealand’s largest native wasps. She uses her massive 3 cm long ovipositor to drill into native trees to lay eggs inside the larvae of a beetle called the elephant weevil.
