This year has been a real pain for me when it comes to leaf hoppers.  I don't know how much damage they do, but I believe I have a specific variety for each variety of fig I grow.  They are green, grey, brown, speckled and also of slightly different shapes and sizes.  To add to the pain of having to see them and try to pinch them, they will move to the back side of the branch to avoid capture, much like a squirrel does in the fall when he knows you are looking at him.  Anyone else having to deal with these buggers this year?

Had em last year, but I think the assassin bugs are keeping them in check this year. White flies are little bit of a problem this year though. I can relate to the pinching though from last year, they are pretty evasive...

I've found they are easier to kill by pinching in the morning before it gets hot.

I saw a group of immature assassin bugs all dressed out in red Friday on a fig fruit.  I went for the camera and when I came back, they had moved on. Did not know what they were until your reply and I looked them up. Thanks.  Maybe between the good bugs and the amphibians it will be a good year.  I have seen several common warty toads and skinks in the garden so it is a good thing. 

I've have them too, but have not seen any damage from them. I don't have too much trouble catching them after someone explained how to do it. But I just leave them alone.

Tree hoppers. I have them, too. They seem to like the fig trees this year, although, I have found them on everything.

http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/~dietrich/treehome.html

Hmmm, looks like I inadvertently killed some assassin bugs in their nymph phase.  They looked a little but too much like some very small grasshoppers that were hanging around and looking suspicious around some partially-eaten leaves.  Too bad the actual culprits weren't still at the scene of the crime...

I've been seeing a lot of hoppers this year too. Leaf hoppers can transmit viruses from plant to plant which means they could possibly be FMV spreaders.

I've had a green one parked on a ripening fig for 3 days. No harm done.

I've been finding a large grasshopper on a particularly stressed out Marylane Seedless.  I was shewing him away every day.  I considered marking him with a sharpie to see if it's the same one that keeps coming back.  But I moved the tree and didn't see him this morning.