Sorry for pic quality, I thought they were clearer. This is an indoor rubber ficus summering outside in the Pacific Northwest.
So day two of vacation it is suddenly covered with these patches of little black dots the size of pinpricks (zoom in). No visible insects, black dots don’t wash off even with Castile soap and water. No further damage. Patches are not sunburn – I was gradually transitioning it at the time. I pruned off the worst leaves, I’m mostly just curious what it is because I’ve never seen anything like it. Also no idea what the pink is. Appeared after a few weeks. Assuming some weird viral thing.
I water when it’s been fully dry for a few days and it now receives a few hours of direct light a day and filtered light the rest. Standard peat based potting mix with added perlite.
by Tarlu
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!Thrips or !Spidermites
Something is sucking your sap
Doesn’t look like spider mite distribution. Definitely thrips. Adults and larvae often aren’t seen until the infestation is bad. A single adult thrip can lay dozens and dozens of eggs in the plant tissue and then disappear.