Hello everyone if anyone has had similar issues with these insects before and know how to kill them any help would be greatly appreciated.

The dreaded White Fly!

I would remove these leaves and spray the rest of the tree with Sevin. 

Thank you guys its not my tree is a friends brothers tree but I did have this issue in the past with my loquat tree that I eventually had to discard. Will give him a heads up. These spray's can they be purchased at a nursery?

hi Nelson,
I think both Malathion and Sevin will be on list of banned pesticides in Ontario.
removing the leaves is good idea,
for spray, soapy water, or insecticidal soap, or neem based product, would work with repeated applications, diatamatious earth with pyrithium will also take out most insects.

Grant
z5b
kitchener ontario canada

Here they are Giant Mexican Whitefly. Generally they do not respond to such things are Malathion, because the eggs are not susceptible to them, and the swirls of eggs mature over several days or weeks, providing a constant stream of new infestation.  Behr makes some systemic products that work for about 9 months. Don't know if they are suitable for fruiting plants. They thrive on certain host plants, sch as hibiscus, but will ultimately colonize almost anything green and succulent, such as figs, bananas, citrus, and the like. I removed almost al my hibiscus. If they do not have a preferred host, they are much less of an issue.  They do not survive freezing. Their lifecycle ebbs and flows with temperature - cooler and they multiply slower, warmer and they take off. The ones on figs will die off when dormancy occurs, and if there is no other host, there will not be a re-infestation.

Last season i had purchased several plants infested with mites and bought
this in a white spray bottle called
Ortho
Econsense brand
Insecticidal soap

Killed the mites period

Never really checked plants as i never had pest problems in years of growing and buying plants.
I lost 1 precious plant though and this taught me to inspect plants upon arrival not a day or two later, lesson learned for me the hard way

It does mention white fly along with mites etc that this product is good for, it worked for me.
Thanks for posting the pictures as thats the very first time i have ever seen those critters.
So far i have only dealt with scale few seasons back and mites last season.

Thanks Nelson for posting those pic's for my brother in Malaysia. I should ask him to try "Raid" House & Garden Bug killer spray
sold in super market and see how they work. He mention he spray soapy water on them & they fly away.  A few days later they come back.

Y'all need to be careful about putting a heavy-duty insecticide on food plants unless they are listed on the label.

I put some ant killer powder near some chives and they said I shouldn't try to eat them for at least nine months.

noss

Options:
a.  Get a small butane torch & burn them as they show up.

b. Use a wet paint brush soak in cooking oil to brush over them and drown them as
    they are isolated cases.

It seems these bugs favor 2 of his many fig trees. Fortunate for him the trees are less than 5ft tall.

The hateful White fly. They love my Gardinia bushes.
Martin is correct..Ortho Insecticidal soap works for me.

 I bought this at H. Depot and no i have no affiliate.
This is what worked for me with mites but says works with other critters mentioned on label including white fly.
Click picture to enlarge to see the other critters listed.
Its suppose to be safe up to harvest which i cannot say 1 way or another as i used this on non bearing size fig plants.
I also put the liquid into a spray mister cause i wanted the finest mist possible .

Paully, tell your brother that the soapy water kills the nymphs and destroys the eggs. The adults will fly off but the soap breaks the reproduction cycle. I use Dr. Bronner's liquid castile soap from the health food store.

Susan

Thanks to all for trying to help my brother. Ya, he mentioned there is a papaya tree located by a stream next to his house that is host to these white flies. Told him to stick a needle into the tree loaded with weed killer to finished it off. The wild papaya tree is located on city's designated garden.

For my vineyard, I use something made by Bayer called Merit.  It is systemic.  We also use neem oil regularly.  We try the soap/alcohol/water spray, but sometimes you must bring out the "Big Guns!"

I guess we live where white flies don't exist, because we don't have a problem with them.  Our Figs just grow with no visible pests.  We get leaf miners on the citrus, so it aint all perfect!  Spider mites killed my jalapeno tree!

Good luck to you!
Suzi

insecticidal soap is different than dish soap.  It's lethal on contact to a variety of thin skinned insects.  It's considered organic and can be used the day of harvest and rinsed off with no ill effects.  It's the weapon of choice against whiteflies.

Hi rookie, welcome to the forum. It would be best if you started a new post about your specific problem. Including the brand of soap, whether the tree is in the ground or potted/ its history, and what area of the world you live in. If you can take a picture and upload it then that would be the best.

If it is in a pot then get it out of the sun asap.

I can't believe that figs can get so many pests! I have only had spider mites on cuttings and the little plant hoppers occasionally.

Dish soap in that concentration should have been perfectly safe to use on the plants. It is very commonly used on things like citrus. If the worst affects were on the newest growth, the parts of the soap that are for the removal of grease and oil, may have caused the leaves to dehydrate somewhat. I doubt there will be any long term issue and new growth should be normal.

Do your leaves look like any of these?











These are all leaves that were brought from shade to full sun without gradual acclimating. The plant will be fine. If the soap solution produced similar affects, you tree will likelwise be fine.

I think that soaps and oils can also prevent leaves from transpiring by blocking the stomata, which is how they cool themselves, so they sizzle.