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Tetrapus americanus

A female fig wasp (Tetrapus americanus), pollinator of Ficus maxima, has just emerged from her natal fig and is cleaning herself, getting ready for the long one-way flight to a flowering tree where she can lay her eggs.
Christian Ziegler www.christianziegler.photography
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  • A female fig wasp (Tetrapus americanus), pollinator of Ficus maxima, has just emerged from her natal fig, getting ready for the long one-way flight to a flowering tree where she can lay her eggs. Credit: www.christianziegler.photography

    Higher temperatures make it difficult for fig tree pollinators

    Researchers from Uppsala University and elsewhere have been studying the effect of rising temperatures on the lifespan of pollinating fig wasps. The findings show that the wasps lived much shorter lives at high temperatures, which would make it difficult for them to travel the long distances between the trees they pollinate.

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