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title: "We found these on the bottom of our monstera. Does anyone know what…"
description: "We found these on the bottom of our monstera. Does anyone know what they are?"
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community: "Pests, diseases and problems"
author: "Cocomason"
published: "2024-04-09T15:02:58.543663Z"
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# We found these on the bottom of our monstera. Does anyone know what…

_Posted by Cocomason on 2024-04-09_

We found these on the bottom of our monstera. Does anyone know what they are?

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## 11 comments

### Lauren commented on 2024-04-09

Not sure but definitely isolate your other plants ASAP

### Abi’s Plants commented on 2024-04-09

I’ve never seen those either! I def would like to know!

#### Cocomason replied on 2024-04-09

Looks like they are scale!

### nosugartonight commented on 2024-04-09

I’ve never had scale but this is kind of how it is supposed to present. A quick google image search confirms scale pest. But I’m not 100% sure. I recall you have to remove the larger pests manually because they form a biofilm cocoon to the plant

### TheCrazyPlantLaidy commented on 2024-04-09

Cut the leaf off and throw it outside asap

#### TheCrazyPlantLaidy replied on 2024-04-09

Unless it is spread to the rest of your plant, then try to wipe them all off

### S.R commented on 2024-04-09

Yes that is scale.

### Sydnei commented on 2024-04-09

its scale. take qtips in alcohol and remove them. consistently watch and treat over the next few weeks or so.

### Cocomason commented on 2024-04-09

Thanks everyone for helping us understand that this is scale! We’ll be removing the scale and watching for any more popping up over the next few weeks!

#### S.R replied on 2024-04-10

Let us know how you make out. Best of luck!!

### Sunny commented on 2024-04-10

It’s black scale, one of 8,000 documented scale species!😬 Wear gloves. Use cotton swab and isopropyl alcohol to kill the obvious ones, as suggested above. Use a soft cloth or towel with slightly diluted alcohol to wipe off leaves. The juvenile ones are hard to see as in the attached picture. Wipe down any plant close by. Wipe the area, under and around the pot. Disinfect drain water saucers. Those critters crawled or were carried to the plants somehow.

They breed fast. So, disinfect hands before touching any plant. Hand sanitizers are mostly alcohol based and very effective in killing the ones you can’t see on your hands and under nails!

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