Key Points Most fig trees do not need wasps for pollination and can produce fruit on their own.Fig wasps only exist in parts of Southern California, so most fig trees in the U.S. will not attract them ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there ...

Fresh figs are irresistible from late summer through early fall, when trees droop from the weight of these luscious, caramelly fruits. Nothing stands between fig lovers and this bounty, except … wasps ...

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 ...

The interaction between fig trees (Ficus spp.) and their specialised agaonid wasp pollinators represents one of the most classic examples of obligate nursery pollination mutualism. Female wasps enter ...

My barely heated greenhouse kept me in fresh figs well into fall, but decreased light and increased cold have made those juicy, ambrosial fruits a mere memory. Now I go to the store and purchase dried ...