Moving Your Sons to Safety: Galls Containing Male Fig Wasps Expand into the Centre of Figs, Away From Enemies
Figure 1
The internal organization of male figs of F. hirta at the stages when they are entered by foundress fig wasps and when the next generation of fig wasps are almost ready to emerge.
(a). B phase male fig of F. hirta showing (A) the ostiole through while Valisia javana females enter the fig to oviposit and (B) the small female flowers, with short styles, through which the fig wasp lays her eggs. Male flowers are tiny at this time. (b). Late C phase male fig of F. hirta showing (C) the fig wall, (D) mature male flowers clustered at the base of the ostiole and (E) galled ovules containing fig wasp pupae.