The tiny creatures can cover 100 miles in two days

At just 1.5mm in size, the fig wasp is easily missed. But new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals it is a world champion among insects. The previous longest recorded distance for an insect transporting pollen was roughly six miles. But the fig wasp has smashed that record. A genetic study of Namibian figs conducted by Sophia Ahmed, Roger Butlin, Stephen Compton and Philip Gilmartin of Leeds University has found that in less than a 48-hour period – call that a lifetime for a fig ...

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