a hollow, round structure that holds the flowers of a fig tree and which is later filled with the sweet and seedy fig fruit.

Read more about Figs in Food Webs

Figs in Food Webs

figs — Over 1,274 species of birds and mammals eat figs, including humans.

figs — Over 1,274 species of birds and mammals eat figs, including humans.

Read more about Figs Without Wasps?

Figs Without Wasps?

sliced fig — Most commercial figs, like the ones you buy at the store, are grown without wasps.

sliced fig — Most commercial figs, like the ones you buy at the store, are grown without wasps.

Read more about Picking Up Pollen

Pleistodontes wasp female — Fig trees depend on female fig wasps like this one to pollinate them.

Pleistodontes wasp female — Fig trees depend on female fig wasps like this one to pollinate them.

Fig wasp close up

Life and Death of a Fig Wasp

Dani Moore

Fruit may just be something that you like to eat. For the fig wasp, fig fruit is more than just a food--it's where life begins and ends.

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