Fig wasps of Ficus racemosa
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 September, 2021 12:11:36 AM
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Fig wasps of
Ficus racemosa
Fig wasps of
Ficus obscura
Fig wasps of
Ficus
drupacea
Fig wasps of
Ficus
cumingii 糙毛榕 Dioecious
Fig wasps of
Ficus
benjamina 垂葉榕 Monoecious
Family Agaonidae
Ceratosolen fusciceps
Pollinator Ficus racemosa fig trees in Borneo
Female ♀
Body 2.25mm + Ovipositor 4mm
2021-04-16
Fig fruit collected from Kota Kinabalu’s most famous fig tree in Shangri-la Tanjung Aru Beach Resort
Ceratosolen fusciceps is a pollinating fig wasps which are gall-makers (膽囊製造者).
Pollinating fig wasps either make their own galls or usurp 侵佔 the galls of other fig wasps
Inside a fig fruit, empty flower ovules after the wasps emerged
Flower ovules that receive an wasp egg become galled and the larvae consume the gall tissue. The adult offspring emerge from the gall and mate inside the fig fruit, before the winged female wasps disperse, carrying the flower pollen with them.
Pollinated flowers missed by the wasps (not galled) produce one seed each.
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