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Wasps pollinate flowers.
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Is it true that wasps pollinate flowers?
Yes. A USDA Forest Service page states that wasps are important pollinators and that fig wasps pollinate nearly 1,000 fig species. Several peer-reviewed fig-wasp studies and reference snippets also describe wasps transferring pollen to flowers.
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Why do fig wasps actively pollinate monoecious figs?. (2002). hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-1116-0
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Jandér, K. C. (2021). Fitness costs for fig wasps that fail to pollinate their host Ficus perforata. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13199-021-00781-5
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McGraw-Hill's GED : the most complete and reliable study program for the GED tests. (2005). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/mcgrawhillsgedmo0000unse
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Robert, G. (1996). On dialogue : an essay in free thought. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/ondialogueessayi0000grud
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Contemporary's complete GED. (2002). archive.org. https://archive.org/details/contemporaryscom0000unse
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Martén-Rodríguez, S., Cristobal-Pérez, E. J., Santiago-Hernández, M. H. d., Huerta-Ramos, G., Clemente-Martínez, L., Krupnick, G., Taylor, O., Lopezaraiza-Mikel, M., Balvino-Olvera, F. J., Sentíes-Aguilar, E. M., Díaz-Infante, S., Jaimes, A. A., Novais, S., Cortés-Flores, J., Lobo-Segura, J., Fuchs, E. J., Delgado-Carrillo, O., Ruiz-Mercado, I., Sáyago-Lorenzana, R., & Pérez-Arroyo, K. (2025). Untangling the Complexity of Climate Change Effects on Plant Reproductive Traits and Pollinators: A Systematic Global Synthesis.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70081
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Larger Fig Wasps Are More Careful About Which Figs to Enter – With Good Reason. (n.d.). journals.plos.org. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0074117&type=printable
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Local ecological factors, not interference competition, drive the foundress number of two species of fig wasp sharing Ficus septica figs. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290439
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Wasp Pollination. (n.d.). fs.usda.gov. https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/pollinators/animals/wasps.shtml
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Egg deposition patterns of fig pollinating wasps: implications for studies on the stability of the mutualism. (2001). hal.science. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00368.x
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The Tiny Brains of Wasps Can Learn and Remember Information. (2024). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.3389/frym.2024.1343838
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