Fig wasps, belonging to the family Agaonidae, are incredibly small insects, often no larger than a grain of rice. Their life cycle is intricately tied to the fig’s reproductive cycle.

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Dr Compton, who led the study, explained: "This means that the complex relationship that exists today between the fig wasps and their host trees developed more than 34 million years ago and has ...

The wasp then crawls through a tiny opening in the fig, where it lays its eggs and then dies. Once those eggs hatch, and the larvae turn into wasps, they mate inside the fig and the females ...