I was looking for some new buds on trunk with jewlers eyepiece when i saw these on the trunk on very small plant, plant has no leaves just small buds at tip, does anyone recognize this . I think its some sort of bug it seems like it sticks to trunk , is soft and the underside of it is pinkish red, it kinda reminds me of a leech but much smaller that a pea, also i did not see it move but when smashed with the hobby knife it seemed to let out some pinkish red gook, i have never ever seen this thing before and there not on any other of my plants. Any idea's?
On the trunk in middle of picture you see 3 like bumps its the last bump.

i scraped them all off and put on piece of yellow paper, look att the top left corner thats one showing on the backside

this is the 3rd picture showing it on tip of hobby knife its picture of the backside.

Here is front of it, my camera is not that good these are the best i could take.

Has anyone ever seen this thing on there fig branches or trunks , there rather small and hard to see, i truly believe its alive but again i never saw it move.

What you have is Scale. It's very common bug on the figs, especially those trees that are brought indoor.
I control them is by rubbing them of with your fingers, or spray them with insecticidal soap.

I destroyed a Dark Portuguese today a small plant, pot and all , i did not want to but after reading about this i just could not chance it with my other fig plants as i have a few indoors for the winter that are to young to let go dormant. The portuguese luckily was a good 3 feet away from my black ischia on other side of tote bin on the outside of it, everything in area was cleaned as well as i could. Other plants are located elsewhere. It hurt to do this but i refuse to deal with this insect after reading about it, gee i starting getting the ebby jeebbies scratching myself in an erry way just reading about it. If i would have known what they where to begin with i doubt i would have taken pictures as them things are creepy looking after i did take the pictures. I have 10 different remaining figs tree's that are precious to me and yes i treat them well and i'm always admireing them call me crazy if you will but its a passion of mine.

Henry what i have read about them, they go thru stages where they are hatch from eggs under the female shell and go thru a crawling stage that if close to other plants can get on them, when there adults they stay put for the rest of there life sucking on the sap of tree, i have read where they destroyed a 12 year old fig tree as they keep multiplying over and over, so for me instead of trying to control them or get rid of them i just got rid of the plant, oh they also can get in soil and root system as well this is why the whole thing was destroyed darn it. I checked my other tree's painstakingly with a little jewlers eye piece yes call me crazy but these reamainig 10 or so are all i'll probably ever have. I'm just glad my tree's are not close to each other and have learned something today.
Martin

Years ago I saw them  on  some garden plants. I  didn't know what they were & rub them off. Later on I was told they were scales. I have not seen them again.

I got rid of plant pot and all, i did read somewhere in my searches that there are over 6000 yes 6000 different scales which did surprise me. I have never seen this before and hope to never again and if i do i would probably take the same measures as harsh as it may sound rather than trying to control or eliminate them. I did not like one of the articles i read that stated they can reside in the roots or soil as well of potted plants so this is main reason for destroying the whole thing.
Martin

>>> i did read somewhere in my searches that there are over 6000 yes 6000 different >>> scales which did surprise me.
The ones I was familiar with in my old country, looked like miniature "limpits",
as seen on sea-shore rocks,  but only ~1/8" base/height with  a very exact conical
shape. They first attack (suck) twigs, then leaves, and for very bad
infestations, they go for the actual ripening fruit (making them disgusting /inedible).

Your pic shows different  "critters" of a more elliptical  shape and rounded top (vertex).

>>> I did not like one of the articles i read that stated they can reside in the roots
>>> or soil as well
I had never heard of that. Hope that they not any more worse than RKN!.

Ok i went to bed last night kinda feeling bad, as Gorgi said perhaps i could have saved plant , although its small i give it a try on what i had in house useing 190 proof grain alchol to get whatever is left of them or maybe eggs rather intoxicated, i use this to clean my tobacco pipes, one Sunday morning i decided to take a shot of this stuff as i was just curious, well now i know what its like to swallow fire needless to say, anyways i figure it would kill anything left on stick scrubbing with scour pad then rinsing good , i did this when whole plant was intact concentrating on part that i'm cutting off then bagged. If it roots great if not i get something else. Thanks Gorgi for suggestion i know you used something else but i give this a try. Stcik is greenish brown so not sure if it will root but i let it be and see what happens.
Martin

I had the exact same situation with an olive tree I purchased at a nursery in Vancouver. Since I was back in Montreal I did not want to throw away the tree as I am not able to buy one easily where I am.

I tried to clean it by hand and I also used an “eco friendly’’ insect repellent. The scales kept coming back…

 However, when I switched to a more chemical option none survived! This solution was very drastic but it worked.

Though, I have not eaten any of the olives since this chemical treatment.

The plant is still in the same pot with the same soil. ( I should probably consider changing it because of the possible chemical residues)

Yess i try my hardest to stay away from cheniacls i feel we get enough from grocery store so with my figs and veggie i grow i stay away and try some other solution . Wow you get olives from your tree i do not know much about olive tree's but like to eat them. Also i here its hard to get fig tree's in Canada somewhat but here is a website if you copy and pate that he sells on the people in Canada its a nice site .

http://www.adrianosfigtrees.com/varieties.html

Martin

It is very kind of you to provide this information in regards to figs in Canada. In fact, last year I ordered cuttings from Adriano. (The cuttings are now small trees). I am a frequent reader of the forum but I don’t participate much.

In Canada depending were you live it can be very easy to buy figs. Particularly in British Columbia were the climate is suitable for figs. Some people even grow citrus trees. When I was there I took the time to “steel” a few cuttings from fig trees I found.  In Montreal  you might come across a fig tree if you are in a Italian neighborhood.  However, they have to wrap the trees VERY WELL because of the cold.  

If anyone from Montreal reads this post there is also http://www.floraexotica.ca its run by a Vietnamese guy who specializes in exotic plants. During the summer his back yard is filled with all sorts of exotic fruiting trees (including fig trees). His prices are also reasonable. There is also Jean Talon Market were you can find fig trees during the summer but the prices are a complete robbery (150$ for just a small bush).

The bottom line is if you are a fig nut in Canada you will know where to find the stuff you need!