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oviposition

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oviposition
[ō′vipəsish′ən]
Etymology: L, ovum + ponere, to place
the act of laying or depositing eggs by a female oviparous animal.
oviposition [o″vĭ-pŏ-zish´un]
the act of laying or depositing eggs.
oviposition
the act of laying or depositing eggs.
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Culex tarsalis uses standing water with increased organic content for oviposition, which would be washed away by increased rainfall.
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For example, under current policy, the detection of an oviposition site where eggs are deposited in bark wounds created by the adult beetle dictates removal of the tree.
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This pattern would be expected if females migrate into the embayment around the time of oviposition and forage in the shallower areas until near the time of larval release, when they migrate using ebb-tide transport.
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