Question

Comment on the interaction between certain species of fig trees and wasps.

Answer 1

Mutualism interaction exists between fig tree and wasp. In fig tree there is a tight one-to-one relationship with a pollinator species of wasp. A t’lg species is pollinated only by its ‘partner’ wasp species and no other species. The female wasp uses the fruit not only as an oviposition but uses the developing seeds within the fruit for nourishing its larvae. The wasp pollinates the fig while funding eggIaying sites and in turn, fig offers the wasp developing seeds, as food for the developing larvae.