I was told fig wasps don't do anything or improve common figs, only calimynra or san pedro figs benefit from them, is that true?

Other than CA, where else do we find fig wasps?

I've seen many posts to the contrary.

In US, wasps are only in some areas of CA.
Fig wasps reportedly improve flavor, give more of a 'seed crunch' by pollinating common figs.  Pollination is not required for fig development in common figs.  Pollination by the wasp IS needed for the second crop of figs on San Pedros and  for any crop on Smyrna figs

How about Texas, Lousiana or Florida or any of the southern states? Do they have fig wasps too?

Wow, I didn't know they are not even outside of CA. Which parts of CA have them?

I know Hawaii have them, at least 4 different ones at one point. They introduced 60 types of smyra figs but only 4 with ripen figs, those 4 were tied to the wasps they introduced. That was when they realized the fig wasps are tightly related to their coevolution partners.

Grasshopper they are only in some areas here in the US like Ed said. Now, Sid Hansen has a big operation growing figs in Hawaii and he doesn't have the wasp for a fact. Maybe there is a select little micro climate that has been produced.

Hmm, I couldn't find more reference about that Hawaii plantings. Why can't growers introduce caprifigs and their wasps to different areas in US? Even though I am in CA, I had no idea fig wasps only live in parts of CA. I tried to search for its population in US but not much there either. Only there are 2 native specifies, one for the Banyan tree and the other I forgot. 

grasshopper,

In my Pollination experiment project the wasps seem to have pollinated some of my Common, like the Coll de Dama Roja on this message.

My Negronne who are on another grafted branch of the same tree also seem to have a much richer and darker pulp than last year (but that can also be explained with the age of the graft - 7 months old only, last year)

In 2016
 

This year
   

Thanks, Jaime. That was a cool experiment! :-)

I found this which may substantiate the claims that even Common figs can use the help of fig wasps.

http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/files/261881.pdf

"This demonstrated that caprification is necessary not only for San Pedro and Smyrna type varieties, but also for Common type varieties. Caprification, whether required or not, can increase fruit-set and improve several organoleptic quality aspects"

So, for those of us without fig wasps, how can we introduce them to our figs? Can a very small population of fig trees support and maintain a wasp population?

@RRedBBeard Just read Jamie's pollination experiment http://figs4funforum.websitetoolbox.com/post/pollination-experiment-of-inch%C3-%A1rios-a-success-9291228

My panache are huge.  Common conclusion among experts is it is due to wasps.  Hard to say, but I believe it.

I am no expert but apparently, it is still in dispute on whether wasps benefit the common figs. I was discussing this with an expert gardener on growingfruit.org. He suggested I talk to the Wolfskill people.