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[โ€“] henfredemars 10 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Question: if I buy figs commercially, will they contain dead wasps? Or, is this something that only happens naturally?

[โ€“] Flyberius@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

As far as I know it isn't actually something that happens with the figs we eat. I think it is a specific type of fig and a specific wasp that does this.

Also, the wasp in question is absolutely tiny.

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