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And here they come!!!

The figs you see are the common figs, like Conadria and VdB. The caprifigs are about 300-400 yards away. 
You would see the wasps on almost every little figlet. 
Enjoy!

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Congratulations Igor!

Your wasps came out rather early..and those figs seem already receptive and of the correct size to let them in .
Nature does it right.

Seen any predators around the pollen receiving figs ? Smyrna's should have as well as the Profichi themselves  webs are easily visible early morning against the rising sun

I still need two weeks here for such a display !.. but the traps already set on most Smyrna figs

Francisco
Portugal

Wasps around my farm don't seem to fly that far, maybe because of frequent winds.

Thank you, Francisco!
We had a very warm winter that might explain the timing. Some of my figs are quite huge, actually, because they started growing in January.
Yes, I can see the predators everywhere . Spiders and yellow wasps are the baddest guys :)
But the little wasps come in huge numbers and there should be enough for all .

Harvey, I am in a city and we do not have very strong winds. Also, whatever winds we have probably blow in the right direction for me.
I cannot tell what caprifig is supplying the wasps because there is a number of known caprifigs at a relatively short distance from my house but I am sure there are some I do not know about.

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Have re-checked most of the potted figs and the only variety which seems ready for pollination is the Shenshare... The few potted Profichis still too hard and  needing at least another week or two to start sending wasps out

As a curiosity have recently found this small video from Sir David Attenborough of a cousin of our FCarica wasps showing what is going on by now inside the Profichi fruit. The figs are not FCarica but the process is exactly similar.



Francisco
Portugal

those are cool photos

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