What do Catwoman, Han Solo, and the man who betrayed Julius Caesar all have in common? Scientists have just named a group of ...
The male wasps die within the fig, having spent their entire life inside. Many female figs also sometimes get trapped and die ...
Growing up, John Marsh did not fully grasp the significance of his mother’s role as a pilot serving in the military during ...
A debate over figs' vegan status has gone viral due to their unique pollination process with wasps, which some claim makes ...
Does the presence of wasps inside figs mean they should be avoided by people following a strict vegetarian diet?
Figs and wasps have a symbiotic relationship to keep reproducing A wasp in my fig? That’s what a social media post claimed. The video went into great detail to explain how female wasps enter ...
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In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies—implications for global pest controlThis is the origin story of an unlikely partnership that many species of parasitoid wasp have formed with beneficial viruses.
Figs have a surprising characteristic that makes them unsuitable for vegans, leading to their classification as non-vegetarian.
Virus particles multiply to massive quantities within the reproductive organs of female wasps during their development. Wasp mothers then use their ovipositor like a hypodermic needle to inject ...
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