Wasps have many different roles in our ecosystems, including pollination! While most wasps aren't as effective at pollination as their bee cousins, wasps can play an important role. One tropical group of
![Channa Prakash on Twitter: "A fig is not actually a fruit; it's an inflorescence, a cluster of flowers. Fig wasps pollinate them, and eventually get embedded inside the fruits. Thanks to breeding, Channa Prakash on Twitter: "A fig is not actually a fruit; it's an inflorescence, a cluster of flowers. Fig wasps pollinate them, and eventually get embedded inside the fruits. Thanks to breeding,](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FcgWcyJWIAE6swA.jpg)
Channa Prakash on Twitter: "A fig is not actually a fruit; it's an inflorescence, a cluster of flowers. Fig wasps pollinate them, and eventually get embedded inside the fruits. Thanks to breeding,
![Fig wasps have a haplo-diploid sex determination mechanism, with males... | Download Scientific Diagram Fig wasps have a haplo-diploid sex determination mechanism, with males... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stephen-Compton-2/publication/221796283/figure/fig7/AS:669633849864195@1536664559075/Fig-wasps-have-a-haplo-diploid-sex-determination-mechanism-with-males-and-females.jpg)
Fig wasps have a haplo-diploid sex determination mechanism, with males... | Download Scientific Diagram
![The enemy of my enemy is my friend: Nematode infection of pollinating and non-pollinating fig wasps has net benefits for the fig-fig wasp pollination mutualism | bioRxiv The enemy of my enemy is my friend: Nematode infection of pollinating and non-pollinating fig wasps has net benefits for the fig-fig wasp pollination mutualism | bioRxiv](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/biorxiv/early/2020/05/10/2020.05.08.084400/F1.large.jpg)