Thanks Patty! I just ordered a bottle from amazon. Question: how exactly do I apply it? Do I pour into a spray bottle or do I need to somehow add it to my hose? (New at gardening so excuse the dumb question. I tried to search amazon reviews but didn't find the answer) Also, should I spray the whole tree or just that single branch that has blooming flowers? I haven't seen them on the other branches but maybe I'm just not looking close enough. Should I spray my other plants as well? All my plants are in the same area... Lettuce, basil, green onion, other citrus plants, etc... Thanks so much!!! Spinosad seems like a miracle worker!

I bought the tanglefoot but haven't used it. We sprayed with a product called Garden Safe Insecticidal Soap and we pulled all the fruit off the tree. I talked with a couple of folks from nurseries here. I was told I probably got bug free figs earlier but because it had become so hot and dry (Central Texas) that the bugs had most likely laid their eggs and were hatched in the friut to get the fluid. They recommend to discard the fruit and spray witha domical spray at the end of the season and when they first start budding in the spring to spray with a fruit tree spray.

turns out they are scale bugs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccidae

If you have a removable shower head and your tree is easily moved around, try placing the tree in your shower and washing the leavings with medium pressure cool water to get rid of the bulk of them and to clean up most of the webbing. These guys hate water and that's why they are able to take over like this indoors, because there is no wind or rain. when washing, try and wash the underside of the leaves as well because that's where they like to hide. This will only reduce their numbers to a manageable amount and clean up the webbing, you will still need to use some sort of insecticide to finish them off as recommended by Evan. If you have any other plants in your house and especially in the same room/area you may want to examine them as well because these guys love to travel. From the looks of things this is a pretty serious infestation and you should deal with it quickly because it wont be long before the tree starts to lose the battle and starts to decline.