The previous day had been really windy, and so I just assumed that these fruit were covered in sand...

Aphids. Too-many-to-count sand-colored aphids, with the occaisional ant checking on their progress... >.< I hit them with the hose (after getting some good macro shots ;) ) and rinsed them off as best as I could, now I just need to get some more ladybugs to keep the population down...