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The interior of a fig:

The young plants:

The plant below grew in a small pot at my balcony area. Surprisingly, it bore figs at least twice a year.

This fig plant is prone to the attack by thrips, a tiny black slender insect. Their young ones are pink while the matured adults are black in colour. The yellow arrows in the picture below showed the signs of thrips attack. Typically, the leaf surface will turn yellowish and darken over time. The thrips are normally hidden at the underside of the leaves. It might be an Idolothrips species (Long Necked Thrips) from the family Phlaeothripidae.

Besides the thrips, this fig plant is also prone to attack by an orange-colour jumping plant louse (or psyllid). The attack by this psyllid produced a very unique hairy gall on the surface of the leaf. Each of this hairy gall will house a nymph of this psyllid. The gall will eventually split open to release the mature psyllid.