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Septic Fig Parasitoid Fig Wasp Found newly hatched inside the Septic Fig (Ficus septica) that I opened. A very tiny, 4mm wasp with more than half of its body its ovipositor which is used to drill the eggs into the fig fruit from the surface. This is not the beneficial pollinating fig wasp as it does not enter fig fruits to pollinate the flowers. A Pteromalidae species, a parasitoid which lay eggs on other fig wasp inside the fruit. Fig pollination is very complex as it needs tiny fig wasps to pollinate it but there also many fig wasps that do not pollinate and are parasites instead. Geotagged,Malaysia,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Septic Fig Parasitoid Fig Wasp

Found newly hatched inside the Septic Fig (Ficus septica) that I opened. A very tiny, 4mm wasp with more than half of its body its ovipositor which is used to drill the eggs into the fig fruit from the surface. This is not the beneficial pollinating fig wasp as it does not enter fig fruits to pollinate the flowers. A Pteromalidae species, a parasitoid which lay eggs on other fig wasp inside the fruit. Fig pollination is very complex as it needs tiny fig wasps to pollinate it but there also many fig wasps that do not pollinate and are parasites instead.

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Uploaded Oct 29, 2020. Captured Jul 10, 2020 00:28 in 89100, Sabah, Malaysia.
  • Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
  • f/5.0
  • 1/64s
  • ISO100
  • 18.786mm