Fig and fig wasp life cycle

(Life; Embryophyta (plants); Angiospermae (flowering plants); Eudicotyledons; Order: Rosales; Family: Moraceae; Genus: Ficus)

Interaction of figs and fig wasps

Fig_fig_wasp_mutualism

Non-pollinating fig wasps

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and Jean-Yves Rasplus (INRA, France)

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