![A female Certonotus fractinervis wasp on white background.](http://static.sciencelearn.org.nz/images/images/000/003/932/full/WASP_ART_02_ovipositor_Certonotus.jpg?1674172505)
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.
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.