Wasps (insects not Americans)

[Zigenare]

Saw a ruby tailed wasp a couple of weeks ago, attention attracted by the metallic green sheen of its body.

https://www.insectweek.co.uk/discove...Tailed%20Wasps.

Tiny & parasitic.

If you like figs...
...then don't read this.

[ladymuck]

If you like figs...
...then don't read this.

Extra protein!

Never managed to actually find the remnants in a fig.

[Zigenare]

Extra protein!

Never managed to actually find the remnants in a fig.

They're absorbed apparently.

[WTFH]

Yum.
Although I suspect if any were alive in the figs we picked last week, they probably died when the chutney was made.

[Snooky]

Extra protein!

Never managed to actually find the remnants in a fig.

Most commercially grown figs are seedless varieties these days so you're very unlikely to eat a fig which had a wasp in it, unless it's home grown or from some small producer

[d000hg]

If you grow your own fruit and veg, you are routinely eating bugs even if you inspect things and especially if you aren't. I don't know what percentage of blackberries/raspberries have tiny maggots inside but it's quite common. If you put them in a bowl of water the amount of critters floating to the top is surprising and if you pick and eat fresh from the plant those are not getting removed.
All part of 'natural' growing - you just hope they're too small to notice

[Zigenare]

If you grow your own fruit and veg, you are routinely eating bugs even if you inspect things and especially if you aren't. I don't know what percentage of blackberries/raspberries have tiny maggots inside but it's quite common. If you put them in a bowl of water the amount of critters floating to the top is surprising and if you pick and eat fresh from the plant those are not getting removed.
All part of 'natural' growing - you just hope they're too small to notice

Finding "a bug" isn't a problem, it's when you find "half a bug"...

[DoctorStrangelove]

Finding "a bug" isn't a problem, it's when you find "half a bug"...

Reminds me of the lady in the Siliconix canteen who had half a slug in her BLT roll after taking a bite thereof: especially concerning with what slugs can carry.

[TheDude]

How do you keep them hydrated or rehydration them?

You take them to a Waspital where they are put on a drip.