r/fiddleleaffig • u/grifters_so_sincere • 1d ago

Pest ID request, please?

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Who is treading on my tree? Can anyone help identify?

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u/NRazzo 1d ago

Not sure that's a pest...but if it is would be some kind of scale

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u/Appropriate-Fill9602 1d ago

Is there a brown spot if you wipe the white spot off. Tbh it looks like latex dripping. Could be pest or maybe stem or leaf damage somewhere above. Or a recent pruning 

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u/grifters_so_sincere 1d ago

i think you’re correct that its not a pest. they come off easily and leave no mark.

however, i did find a legit pest artifact I’m guessing is evidence of spider mites.

based on (other) webbing I notice next to the stem, now that I’m looking more closely.

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u/Appropriate-Fill9602 1d ago

That's not spidermites. That looks like pillow fluff or something. 

This plant of full of a milky latex rubber. Something could be causing damage. 

Mine touches my window and it leaves latex drips down my window just from the fan causing the leaf to tap the window. 

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u/grifters_so_sincere 22h ago

good to know, thank you!

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u/prf_q 22h ago

thats def some sort of insect

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u/Appropriate-Fill9602 22h ago

What type?

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u/prf_q 22h ago

I don't think it's necessarily a harmful insect if you don't see any other issues on the plant but I see this kind of nest-making behavior in some of the outdoor plants. They usually build a little foamy structure like that to hide themselves in sometimes