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Magnified view inside syconium of Ficus rubiginosa showing two male and two female fig wasps (Pleistodontes imperialis), similar to Pegoscapus spp. The smaller males (left) have a black head and amber-colored, wingless body. The winged females (right) are larger with longer antennae. In this image, the inseminated females have emerged from their individual flowers and are ready to escape from the syconium. Photo by W.P. Armstrong, courtesy of Wayne's Word. Florida strangler fig (Ficus aurea). Photo by Walter Hodge, USF Herbarium Slide Collection. Shortleaf fig, also known as the giant bearded fig or wild banyan tree (Ficus citrifolia). Photo by Pedro Acevedo-Rodriquez. Fig trees have no visible flowers. At first one might think that they are wind pollinated. Who would visit such an unattractive non-flower? A fig is actually the stem of an inflorescence, very enlarged and fleshy, that surrounds the tiny flowers inside. The crunchy little things that you notice when eating a fig are the

Fig Wasps Skip to main content Fig Wasps By Beatriz Moisset Magnified view inside syconium of Ficus rubiginosa showing two male and two female fig wasps ( Pleistodontes imperialis ), similar to Pegoscapus spp. The smaller males (left) have a black head and amber-colored, wingless body. The winged females (right) are larger with longer antennae. In this image, the inseminated females have emerged from their individual flowers and are ready to escape from the syconium. Photo by W.P. Armstrong, courtesy of Wayne's Word . Florida strangler fig ( Ficus aurea ). Photo by Walter Hodge, USF Herbarium

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