In fact, as each fruiting body grows, a hole just a millimeter wide naturally opens up in its bottom end, to await the arrival of a certain species of fig wasp, named Blastophaga pumilae. After the tiny wasp has squeezed its way in, it clambers about everywhere, and this starts the pollination process.
原來，當隱花果逐漸長大，底端會自動輕輕打開一個○・一公分左右的小縫，欲擒故縱的等著榕果小蜂「入甕」，小蜂鑽進去後，四處爬動，授粉過程便開始了。