All fig-pollinating wasps share a similar life cycle. Generally some number of mated foundress wasps enter a receptive male fig, lay eggs in ovaries of flowers, then and die. The offspring finish development within the ovary. The wingless adult males first emerge from natal galls, and crawl around the interior of syconium, and mate with females still contained in galls. The mated female wasps then emerge from their galls, gather pollen, leave the syconium, and disperse to begin the cycle anew. The natural h...