Surgical tools could get a bug-inspired upgrade

Surgical tools could get a bug-inspired upgrade

If you’re one of those people who serve as a veritable mosquito buffet in the summer, it might seem like insects just bite through skin indiscriminately. However, for female sawflies, their cuts are incredibly specific. They cut into plants in very specific ways, with the insects knowing which materials to slice through, and which ones to avoid.  Scientists have now learned how they use an egg-laying organ called an oviposter to act like a saw t…