Not sure how to deal with this

Hello
I have a problem with a couple of Ficus Benjamina plants. They have small white dots on it’s leaves. I already treated them with insecticidal soap/alcohol mix. I have a hard time washing/rinsing them off, but can rub it off with a rag. One friend told me that he thinks it could be from the chloride in the y, and another friend told me that he thinks it’s a fungus.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

The leaves do not appear to be those of F. benjamina; perhaps you could post more photos of the plant for identification. The white specks look like sap that has oozed from the leaf then dried. I suggest you break a leaf to see if it exudes sap.

 

You need to see this under magnification. I have a 7x scale loupe that I use about once a year. It answers a lot of questions. Know any jewelers or science teachers?

 

Thanks for your reply ;) I actually have 10x lope, and took some pictures putting it in front if my iphone. Maybe it’s mealybugs. Wouldn’t hurt to spray it with 70% alcohol I guess.

 

Junglekeeper is right. Those are Green Island Fig leaves. Those white dots could be dried sap if you have recently trimmed it and jiggled the bleeding plant, splashing it around . When that dies, it is essentially Elmer's glue that stays white and stuck if you don't hose it down before it dries. Did you do a lot of pruning? Mealy bugs smash and come off pretty easy.