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The smell of this fig attracts a horde of insects which are called fig wasps. For every ficus tree, there is a separate fig wasp that pollinates it. These fig wasps are attracted by the smell of figs. These wasps are small insects and mostly dominated by females that  can pass through the eye of a needle. They are laden with pollen. A fig wasp enters the fig through a gate-like opening. The moment it enters the fig, it is surrounded by microscopic flowers, mostly male. The fig wasp goes inside the fig and lays its egg and dies over there. These eggs are then covered with a protective covering called galls. About 2 months later, the eggs hatch inside the galls. The galls could contain both male and female fig wasps. The male fig wasps do not have any wings but have powerful jaws. They break open the gall and come out searching for a female. It mates with a female even before she hatches from the gall.