The life of the fig wasp is nature at its worst—from our human perspective, anyway. In order to lay their eggs, female fig wasps have to squeeze into the flowering body of a fig, losing their wings and antennae along the way. It’s all downhill from there.
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Sources:
https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/3001375
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100615191649.htm
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(05)01466-1
https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/fig_wasp.shtml
https://docslib.org/doc/8930073/2001-fig-eating-by-vertebrates-frugivores-a-global-review
https://docslib.org/doc/8930073/2001-fig-eating-by-vertebrates-frugivores-a-global-review
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/life-and-death-fig-wasp
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/fig-wasps-pollen
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/figs-without-wasps
https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/figs-food-webs
https://docslib.org/doc/8930073/2001-fig-eating-by-vertebrates-frugivores-a-global-review
https://docslib.org/doc/5404145/how-fig-trees-are-pollinated
https://geo.cbs.umn.edu/Weiblen2002.pdf
https://www.esa.org/esablog/2011/05/20/the-story-of-the-fig-and-its-wasp/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/fig-wasp
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3645034/
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