What is this on my leaves?

[Ringodoggie]

I saw these tiny white specs on my leaves this morning and under the scope they look like eggs.

Anyone know what this is.....

 

[Creeperpark]

I saw these tiny white specs on my leaves this morning and under the scope they look like eggs.

Anyone know what this is..... View attachment 19015362

You have insect pests on your plant.

 

[Gry]

Nice camera, soap comes to mind.

 

[Grow44DE]

scale insect i guess.

 

[Ringodoggie]

I have a couple closeups. I swear I see the outline of a bug. I see the head and the antenna. Green area on the left.

Any idea what kind of bug? The 2 red spots scare the shit out of me (borg).

I know I have whiteflies but I have never seen an egg on TOP of the leaf. Usually, it is under the leaf.

 

[mudballs]

Thrips is my guess

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/FIGURES-8-13-Life-stages-of-Holopothrips-claritibialis-sp-nov-8-Egg-9-Larva-I-10_fig1_259574146

 

[Ringodoggie]

Best Google image search result was a whitefly egg. And, since I know I have whiteflies, it makes sense. I just never see them on the TOP of the leaves. I am going to try to verify this later on today.

I have been fighting these damn whiteflies since we had an epidemic outside this last year. They were in clouds outside. Amazing.

Anyway, here is an image match.

https://cales.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Ficus_Whitefly_Short2.pdf

Interesting about the wasp. I still say I see a bug head profile on the green blob. LOL

I will view more samples later today when I trim off these infested leaves.

 

[Creeperpark]

Best Google image search result was a whitefly egg. And, since I know I have whiteflies, it makes sense. I just never see them on the TOP of the leaves. I am going to try to verify this later on today.

I have been fighting these damn whiteflies since we had an epidemic outside this last year. They were in clouds outside. Amazing.

Anyway, here is an image match.

https://cales.arizona.edu/apmc/docs/Ficus_Whitefly_Short2.pdf

Interesting about the wasp. I still say I see a bug head profile on the green blob. LOL

I will view more samples later today when I trim off these infested leaves.

Whiteflies love hot and dry environments and not humid ones. They hate wind, and keeping a fan on the plants in a moist environment will keep them from multiplying. If you hang a few yellow stickies in the garden they will fly into the stickies. I always have a yellow stickie in my garden for bug identification. If you watch the stickies closely, you will see the adult bugs early enough to stop almost any flying bug.