Are there really insects in the figs we eat? The truth about the "fig wasp"
"There's a dead insect in the figs!" or "There are pieces of wasp hidden in the figs": you've surely heard one of these phrases, but is it all true? In this new episode of "The World of Insects," Margherita Paiano explains what the Blastophaga psenes or "fig wasp" is, how the Ficus carica plant pollinates, and why the risk of ingesting insects through figs is minimal.
Creators of the format: Maria Rosaria Caccavale, Salvatore Ferraro, Paolo Meli
Authors of the video: Mara D'Alessandro, Margherita Paiano
00:00 When we eat figs, do we also eat wasps?
1:34 Blastophaga psenes, the fig wasp
2:00 Fig pollination
4:40 The difference between male and female figs
6:00 The fig is not a real fruit
7:20 The obligatory mutualism between wasps and figs
8:30 Do we really eat the wasp that dies in the fig tree?
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