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[-] EpeeGnome@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes, figs are visited by wasps in the region figs are native to, ~~but only in the same way that flowers are visited by bees.~~ This picture is very much not what that would look like. This is, I'm certain, literally just a wasp nest.

Edit: I stand corrected, fig wasps are born and typically die in their figs. Fortunately, that still looks nothing like this picture because they are super tiny.

[-] Backlog3231@reddthat.com 6 points 3 weeks ago

Fig wasps bury themselves in the fig and then are consumed by it. Very much not like flowers.

[-] EpeeGnome@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Well, TIL. Thanks for the correction.

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