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After pollination, there are several species of non-pollinating wasps that deposit their eggs before the figs harden. These wasps act as parasites to either the fig or possibly the pollinating wasps. As the fig develops, the wasp eggs hatch and develop into larvae. After going through the pupal stage, the mature male’s first act is to mate ...
In some fig species, such as Ficus subpisocarpa or Ficus tinctoria, the males have to chew a hole for the females to leave their natal fig. The winged female wasps can fly over long distances before finding another fig to oviposit in it, while the male dies after chewing a hole. As the fig is closed by a tight ostiole, the female wasps have ...
Each species of fig is pollinated by a specific species of fig wasp. This kind of interaction between these two different organism is known as mutualism. [6] Both of them live in close physical association and benefit from one another. The fig serves as a "nest" for fig wasps, a place to lay and grow their eggs.
Figs and fig wasps in general are most abundant in the equatorial tropics. The flowering frequency of figs declines in colder and drier areas. This decreases the availability of receptive syconia for Pegoscapus to oviposit in, leading to local extinction of fig wasps and subsequent reproductive failure of figs. This limits the fig wasp ...
The relationship of fig and fig wasp is a classic example of obligate mutualism and coevolution. Only pollinating wasps pollinate the figs, while fig wasps only lay their eggs inside the fig ovules. [5] [6] Jelly fig pollinating W. pumilae are different from Creeping fig pollinating W. pumilae in gene expression. [7]
There are roughly 300 species of solitary wasps in California, she added. Yellowjackets and paper wasps are the two most common social wasp species in Northern California, Kimsey said.
Pleistodontes froggatti is a species of fig wasp which is native to Australia. It has an obligate mutualism with the Moreton Bay Fig, Ficus macrophylla , the species it pollinates . [ 1 ] Outside Australia, populations have become established in Hawaii (where it was deliberately introduced) [ 2 ] and New Zealand where it was either accidentally ...
Ceratosolen solmsi is a species of fig wasps in the family Agaonidae.It has Ficus hispida as its host, where it is parasitized by the other fig wasp Apocrypta bakeri.Wasp larvae develop and hatch into mature wasps entirely within the body of the fig. Female wasps that develop in the center rather than the periphery of the fig have more mating opportunities, produce more offspring, and produce ...