Have you ever heard of fig wasps? There’s a rumor that there might be dead wasps inside the figs we eat! Is that true? Can you come across any insects while eating figs? In this video, we will look into the life cycle of a fig wasp (family Agaonidae) to understand why wasps are attracted to a fig (syconium) in the first place and how their life cycle is connected with that of the fig in a textbook example of a mutualism.
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