Tetrapus americanus (IMAGE)
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A female fig wasp (Tetrapus americanus), pollinator of Ficus maxima, has just emerged from her natal fig and is cleaning herself, getting ready for the long one-way flight to a flowering tree where she can lay her eggs.
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Christian Ziegler, www.christianziegler.photography
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