It's a sad day and a new fig enemy has emerged.  Last night I was inspecting the troops after a *lot* of rain and found at least half a dozen different types of small moths on my figs.  Most appeared to be standing still but one was acting like an oil drilling rig on the plains.  The head was going up and down.  He appeared to be breaking up the fig pulp to make it easier to suck out through his proboscis.  I'm hoping they can't penetrate normal fig skin as it seemed they were taking advantage of cracks from swelling that happened during the rain.  But it's possible now that they recognize a new food source that they'll try and succeed on intact figs as well.  Organza is powerless against them because the openings are much larger than a moth's proboscis.  The only solution appears to be a no-see-um cage around the whole fig grove.

Sigh...

 

Rcantor,sorry to see a new enemy has emerged,we get a lot of moths here in summer,I wonder if some of the products designed for getting rid of clothes moths would help?,hormone trap maybe?,you could always put a candle somewhere quite far away but within eyeshot and they will be drawn to that like a... A moth to a flame

Thanks.  There's a huge 10,000 Lm street lamp nearby.  I think that attracts more of them than there would be otherwise.  It's as if they came for a game or concert across the street but visit my yard as the snack bar.  :)

I did buy a hormone trap, we'll see how it works.

The moths caused the fig innards to turn to vinegar, btw.

And tonight grasshoppers were eating figs!