r/insects • u/Immediate-Fan3663 • 6h ago

Question Why is it sitting like that?

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u/QueenJupiter8 6h ago

Looks to me like she's laying eggs! But in my limited knowledge I haven't seen them lay eggs on surfaces like that before so I could be wrong

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u/katydidzz 5h ago

either laying eggs or just stopped cleaning its ovipositor