Fig wasps, so tiny and small and so looked over that they don't have their own designated species, are crucial in the process of pollinating figs into what we know them to be today. There are over 600 species of fig, and with that, each fig has a unique fig wasp that has grown with it.
A female fig wasp squeezes tightly inside the fruit to lay eggs, allowing males to grow and fertilize female eggs, and then die. The space that wasps squeeze through to gain access is so tiny that the wasps sometimes lose their antenna or wings to gain purchase. The male wasps never leave the fig. This process gives us the figs that we know and love today!
This was originally part of the Poplar Print Club. If you'd like a handmade, riso-printed postcard mailed to your door every month, consider taking a peek!
This print is RISO PRINTED! Riso is a rice oil ink-based printing process, basically like screen-printing! Some prints may come out slightly off register, but that is part of the charm.
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