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FIG WASPS
that breed in fruits of
Ficus racemosa 聚果榕

A - POLLINATOR

Male ♂3.5mm

Female ♀
Antenna 0.5mm
Body 2.3mm
Ovipositor 1.0mm

B - NON POLLINATORS
(all unidentified)

Male ♂3.0mm
Male ♂3.4mm

Female  ♀0.7+2.2+9mm
Female  ♀0.8+2.4+3.5mm
Female  ♀0.7+2.5+5.5mm

All wasps species in this chart were found from 20 fruits collected from a tree in Tanjung Aru on 2021-08-11

Tree Trunk Figs
聚果榕 Ficus racemosa
Monoecious 雌雄同株

Male ♂3.5mm
Female ♀Antina 0.7mm
Body 2.3mm
Ovipositor 1.0mm

The Fruit is 31.9mm

Ceratosolen fusciceps, the fig wasp pollinating Ficus racemosa,

Ceratosolen fusciceps
POLLINATOR of
Ficus racemosa 聚果榕

Ficus racemosa is pollinated by a single population of a single agaonid wasp species all over continental South-East Asia.

This fig tree species widely distributed from India to Australia.

聚果榕 Ficus racemosa
Shangri-la Tg Aru Resort 2021-04-10 SAT

An unidentified NON-POLLINATING fig wasp
that also breed in the fig, but which play no role in the pollination process.
♀2.25mm+4mm
Non-pollinators fig wasp lay eggs through the fig skin early in fruit development.

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