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title: "Battling a scale infestation on my Pyrrosia fern. I always thought…"
description: "Battling a scale infestation on my Pyrrosia fern. I always thought that the scale was a single insect until I put it under my microscope. Apparently the adults…"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Rodolfo P."
published: "2023-08-16T19:23:06.173Z"
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# Battling a scale infestation on my Pyrrosia fern. I always thought…

_Rodolfo P.님이 2023-08-16에 게시함_

Battling a scale infestation on my Pyrrosia fern. I always thought that the scale was a single insect until I put it under my microscope. Apparently the adults become immobile and create this protective scale to lay their eggs under. The new generation hatches and leave when they are old enough to find their own location to become a “scale” and start the process again. I’m sorry for how gross this is 😂.

![1개 중 1번째 첨부 파일](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/7s-9Gd65E_RsTk3Zo01xszy-bTwbdO6KdfSm4Ce5gyk/c86d1163b98a46fb83cb1fa80ef04747.webp?size=large)

## 4개의 댓글

### Ada님이 2023-08-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Not gross at all! That’s so cool! I mean, I don’t really want to find them on my plants but still really cool!

### iambijoux님이 2023-08-16에 댓글을 남겼어요.

This was really neat!

### Sunny님이 2023-08-17에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Sadly, I’m very knowledgeable on scales. Some came in on my new plant recently.

### Leafmealone님이 2023-08-17에 댓글을 남겼어요.

Yuck! I didn’t think I could hate scale more but I was wrong. Thanks for the explanation!

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