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AltaFarm

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I noticed some of these bugs on two of my fig trees yesterday. They were hanging out on the branches, not the leaves.
Any idea what they are?

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It is a type of leaf hopper.

 I consider them harmless, but they do eat/drink sap usually by piercing, so take that as you will.

I don't spray for them, but then again I don't spray anything more than neem oil for real nasties like spider mites.
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Are you in Southern California? Do they run around to the other side of the branch when you try to grab them? If so my guess is glassy winged sharpshooter.
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Mike, I'm in SoCal. Yes, exactly they try and run away when I try and grab them.
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Yeah, they are another imported pest, i started seeing them about four years ago. There seems to be quite a lot of them this year. They leave a residue on your plants that looks like whitewash. They carry a vector that causes a very bad disease of grape vines, that I believe has no cure. I smush 'em when I see 'em.
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I had a bunch of the yellow sticky 3x5 cards. I hung them in the trees where I saw them. We will see what happens.

Thanks for your help.
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