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?