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Wingless male Fig Wasp A tiny male fig wasp, Possibly under Agaonidae family. Found inside a Weeping Fig fruit (Ficus benjamina). This is a wingless male which is much smaller than the female. I am not sure this is the male of which species as there is a study showing that there can be as much as 16 wasp species that can live inside fruits of Weeping Figs. Geotagged,Malaysia,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Wingless male Fig Wasp

A tiny male fig wasp, Possibly under Agaonidae family. Found inside a Weeping Fig fruit (Ficus benjamina). This is a wingless male which is much smaller than the female. I am not sure this is the male of which species as there is a study showing that there can be as much as 16 wasp species that can live inside fruits of Weeping Figs.

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    _ChunXingWong_
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    see comment below Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
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    _ChunXingWong_
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    The host fruit (Ficus benjamina):
    Fruit Stages of Weeping Fig Unripe, almost ripe, and fully ripe. Weeping figs are called for their long drooping leaves that shows it looks sad. This is from a large fig tree standing out in an oil palm plantation, probably fully covered the original host tree. It was fruiting heavily and producing lots of fig wasps which attracts lots of swifts flying around. All fruit stages are observed. This plantation company has some good fig trees growing in their land and my organization has obtained permission to collect and grow these fig trees in our reforestation sites. Ficus benjamina,Geotagged,Malaysia,Summer,Weeping Fig
     Posted 4 years ago
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    Christine Young
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    As many as 16 species! That's pretty incredible. It shows how important those fig trees are! Posted 4 years ago

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Uploaded Nov 7, 2020. Captured Sep 11, 2020 13:58 in Unnamed Road, Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
  • f/5.6
  • 1/64s
  • ISO100
  • 36.156mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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