"Wendy, look at the turtles burying their eggs in the sand."
This ovipositor allows the female to bury her fertilized eggs into the ground for protection and development.
Its life cycle followed a standard pattern, the female sought but a suitable host and buried her eggs in the living flesh.
It buried its eggs two feet deep, depending on the heat of the sun for the hatching.
It is also useful for egg laying species that would naturally bury their eggs in the earth floor.
Sea turtles also bury their eggs in ocean beaches.
The insects make the holes to bury their eggs.
Every year at the beginning of June, the female turtles come to the southern beaches in order to bury their eggs in the sand.
During breeding season the female flying dragon will venture down to the forest floor and bury her 1-4 eggs in the soil.
Sea turtles, among the gulf's endangered species, circled the sandy islands where before long they will bury their eggs.