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minus-squareNakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s a fig right?
minus-squareEpeeGnome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoYes, 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.
minus-squareBacklog3231@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoFig wasps bury themselves in the fig and then are consumed by it. Very much not like flowers.
minus-squareEpeeGnome@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-22 months agoWell, TIL. Thanks for the correction.
It’s a fig right?
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.
Fig wasps bury themselves in the fig and then are consumed by it. Very much not like flowers.
Well, TIL. Thanks for the correction.