Dead wasps in figs?! ⬇️ The figs are basically inside-out flowers! Because the fig flower is on the inside, they have a unique pollination system involving tiny wasps, known as fig wasps. The female wasp enters the little hole on the bottom of the fig, in the process tearing its wings and antennae off 😵‍💫 The female wasp then lays eggs and deposits pollen & then dies inside the fig. Male wasps hatch first & don’t have wings. They impregnate the female wasps before they hatch, then drill little

Think your figs are fascinating? Wait ‘til you meet the tiny wasps that make them possible.🌿🪰 Inside every fig is a wild little partnership between plant and pollinator, nature’s weirdest love story in full bloom. Still craving that fig jam… or feeling a little bugged out? 😅 | All About Gardening

Fig pollination is so interesting - female wasps have to climb inside the fruit to pollinate it. | Steve Mould