In Orange County California (just south of LA) I discovered maggots in figs from 3 different trees in my area. Some were severe to the point of seeing a wriggling clump outside at the ostiole. Another one tonight, just a few barely noticeable inside a mission fig with a very tight closed eye, no idea how an insect could get inside that one.

No more quick picking and eating for me this year. Anybody else seeing this?

At least one insect can lay its eggs in the fruit without entering the eye of the fig: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila_suzukii

This year for the first time in Albuquerque I've seen the dried fruit beetle. It will enter large open ostioles and sour the figs. My Triana fig tree may need to be discarded because the slightest amount of rain creates a fungal infection inside this fig near the ostiole. Great tasting fig but what's a great tasting fig if all of them present this way. Not all figs are meant to grow everywhere. It's important to find the fig that performs the best consistently under your conditions. I'm having to rethink about growing so many varieties for this very reason. But he way, I always slice my figs in half to look for critters and mold.

They are probably fruit flies. Never had a problem till last year. Last year was atrocious. Haven't seen any, so far, this season. There are some beetles which go by a variety of names, such as fruit-souring beetle, and can be an issue, but in my experience you are more likely to see the beetles than the maggots.

I put organza bags on my fruit as they swell before they get sweet.  The fruit and other flies can't get at the figs.  I only see magots if a fig isn't in a bag.

I've had bad infestations of the little "dried fruit" beetles before but haven't seen any adults this year. Those do not cause maggots in hanging fruit from what I've read. Also had years where all my figs soured on the tree before ripening. All years I've seen some smallish flies on soured figs but this year is first year that I'm finding maggots inside.

EEW!  That's not the kind of surprise we all hope for!

I have learned to ALWAYSslice my fruit and vegetables. Even tiny salad tomatoes!

Fruit fly sting the fruit to lay their eggs under the skin which later hatch into maggots. They are a huge problem over here. Thin skin fruit are an easy target for them like guava and raspberries. Generally I've not had a big problem with them on the figs, but from what I've experienced some varieties appear far more susceptible than others.

I put some of the infested figs in a jar on Aug 11 to see what would hatch. The maggots went into something like a cocoon stage and now several have hatched. Newly hatched flies are about 1/8" long, have red eyes, a greenish tan body, grayish wings and darkish coloring at tail end. When I look up all the infamous flies in SoCal none match, but lots of pics on internet that just call them "fruit flies" do match. So it's not the SWD fly but something else. Anybody know?

 

It may just be a common fruit fly.  I wonder how many bugs we all eat daily, without knowing it...:(

It is a fruit fly. This year my figs are infested with them as well. I always slice my figs before eating them. Amazing things I've discovered inside.

eh, just some extra protein.  :)

Really tiny ants can still get into organza bags.  Terro Outdoor Liquid Ant Bait Stakes at the base seem to do the job though.  Some people use sticky barriers like tanglefoot or vaseline.

Organza bags can shade the fruit so the colors might be a little off and they can make rain worse by keeping the fruit wet longer leading to mold and souring.  Just something to keep in mind.  They do seem to keep quite a few pests off of figs.

I just pop them in my mouth and if it taste good I eat it if it taste sour I spit it out.I know I have ate a few ants before in figs I can hande that but the maggots I cant handle.