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Fig Wasp Nest. A fig wasp’s life begins and ends in… you guessed it, a fig. Fig wasp, (family agaonidae), any of about 900 species of tiny, solitary wasps responsible for pollinating the world’s 900 species of figs (see ficus). Each species of fig wasp pollinates only one species of fig, and each fig species has its own wasp species to pollinate it. Discover the intricate process of pollination, seed development, and the essential role of these tiny wasps in fig tree reproduction. The female then crawls out of the fig, through a tunnel chewed by the male, and eats her way into a new fig to lay her eggs. The new female wasps need new figs to pollinate. The short story is that fig wasps lay their eggs inside the fruit, where they hatch and mate. If the fig is a male, she lays her eggs inside. If the wasp climbs into a female fig, she pollinates it, but cannot lay her eggs and just dies alone. What is remarkable is how this unique relationship has made fig trees ‘keystone’ elements in tropical forests. So much for figs and their pollinators. In the process, she loses her wings and antennae and dies, trapped, inside the new fig, which she has also pollinated. Explore the captivating life cycle of the fig wasp (blastophaga psenes) and its vital mutualistic relationship with various types of fig trees, including the common fig, caprifig, and mamone fig. These hatch into larvae that burrow out, turn into wasps and fly off, carrying fig pollen with them. A young fig wasp female leaves the fig she was born in and searches for a fig in.

So much for figs and their pollinators. Fig wasp, (family agaonidae), any of about 900 species of tiny, solitary wasps responsible for pollinating the world’s 900 species of figs (see ficus). The short story is that fig wasps lay their eggs inside the fruit, where they hatch and mate. The new female wasps need new figs to pollinate. A young fig wasp female leaves the fig she was born in and searches for a fig in. These hatch into larvae that burrow out, turn into wasps and fly off, carrying fig pollen with them. In the process, she loses her wings and antennae and dies, trapped, inside the new fig, which she has also pollinated. What is remarkable is how this unique relationship has made fig trees ‘keystone’ elements in tropical forests. Discover the intricate process of pollination, seed development, and the essential role of these tiny wasps in fig tree reproduction. If the wasp climbs into a female fig, she pollinates it, but cannot lay her eggs and just dies alone.

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Fig Wasp Nest Each species of fig wasp pollinates only one species of fig, and each fig species has its own wasp species to pollinate it. If the fig is a male, she lays her eggs inside. Discover the intricate process of pollination, seed development, and the essential role of these tiny wasps in fig tree reproduction. In the process, she loses her wings and antennae and dies, trapped, inside the new fig, which she has also pollinated. The short story is that fig wasps lay their eggs inside the fruit, where they hatch and mate. So much for figs and their pollinators. Each species of fig wasp pollinates only one species of fig, and each fig species has its own wasp species to pollinate it. A fig wasp’s life begins and ends in… you guessed it, a fig. A young fig wasp female leaves the fig she was born in and searches for a fig in. Explore the captivating life cycle of the fig wasp (blastophaga psenes) and its vital mutualistic relationship with various types of fig trees, including the common fig, caprifig, and mamone fig. If the wasp climbs into a female fig, she pollinates it, but cannot lay her eggs and just dies alone. These hatch into larvae that burrow out, turn into wasps and fly off, carrying fig pollen with them. The female then crawls out of the fig, through a tunnel chewed by the male, and eats her way into a new fig to lay her eggs. Fig wasp, (family agaonidae), any of about 900 species of tiny, solitary wasps responsible for pollinating the world’s 900 species of figs (see ficus). The new female wasps need new figs to pollinate. What is remarkable is how this unique relationship has made fig trees ‘keystone’ elements in tropical forests.