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Very Cool Video

About wasps n figs.  I hope it works.  If not, I'll delete it.

Cool yes, but it's misinformative and should be destroyer!
The fig wasp which is a Blastophaga Psenes, is not the wasp that is in the video clip.
Please remove this video and stop confusing viewers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastophaga_psenes
Thank you.
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Blessed are those fig people with local climate conditions that allows this fig wasp to flourish around ...
Definitely required for any Smyrna-type fig type (e.g., Calimyrna) and also for the 2nd crop of the San Pedro-type (e.g., Desert King).
Luckily, fig wasps are not required for many other Common-type fig (e.g., BT, Celeste), though I have heard that they look/taste better?

Looking at the previous post wasp live cycle pictures (#4), it seems that male wasps (after doing their funny duty with the ladies),
they just die inside the developing fig.

Sooo, what happens to their bodies? Does the fruit consume the protein and transform it into some more tasteful stuff?
Or will we be eating dead bugs?

My daughter sent this video to me freaking out about eating figs, I explained to her the fig wasp does not live in the south east.The video is cool thanks for sharing I tried to share but couldn't.

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Originally Posted by gorgi


Looking at the previous post wasp live cycle pictures (#4), it seems that male wasps (after doing their funny duty with the ladies),
they just die inside the developing fig.

Sooo, what happens to their bodies? Does the fruit consume the protein and transform it into some more tasteful stuff?
Or will we be eating dead bugs?
The remains of male fig wasps turn into protain and enzymes and get absorbed by the fig. No trace of wasps remain by the time the fig is fully grown and ripe. Sleep in piece and eat as many as you please. It's good for you.

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