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title: "is this scale?? these marks are so small I can’t tell. I originally…"
description: "is this scale?? these marks are so small I can’t tell. I originally thought they were scarring from a thrip infestation so they’ve been there for about a month…"
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# is this scale?? these marks are so small I can’t tell. I originally…

_Publié par fireside le 2024-05-04_

is this scale?? these marks are so small I can’t tell. I originally thought they were scarring from a thrip infestation so they’ve been there for about a month (I can’t tell if the bumps have increased or not) but I recently learned about scales 🫠 a couple of the bumps can be scraped off and there’s a small divot where it was. I can’t see any little legs and nothing is moving. I just watered it today and it gets great sunlight.

![Pièce jointe 1 sur 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rug_CP-OnWf_u-K3Q63vc5tzMVbuXQWb-mCV97LG8yA/FrJ7__nXRwi4EK20ZzGsjQ.webp?size=large)

![Pièce jointe 2 sur 2](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rug_CP-OnWf_u-K3Q63vc5tzMVbuXQWb-mCV97LG8yA/X9S5aBT3SjKZLb_kkdR3Zw.webp?size=large)

## 11 commentaires

### Adian Rankin a commenté le 2024-05-04

Unfortunately looks like thrips to me

#### fireside ha respondido el 2024-05-04

again??? 😭😭

#### Adian Rankin ha respondido el 2024-05-04

What type of water do you have? City? Well? Rain?

#### fireside ha respondido el 2024-05-04

city. it hasn’t been an issue so far with my other plants. my monstera came to me with a thrip infestation and seemed to be fine since. all my other plants are putting out new leaves and shoots consistently including the monstera.

#### Adian Rankin ha respondido el 2024-05-04

Hmm, well if you haven’t had issues with scaling, it seems as if those thrips were hiding. Personally, I hose all my plants down and add a glob of concentrated neem oil when I get any insects. I brought mealybugs home after purchasing a pothos and god damn those little bugs were determined to infest everything.

#### Adian Rankin ha respondido el 2024-05-04

And a BUNCH of sticky traps!

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### Rachael a commenté le 2024-05-04

Scale comes off super easy by scraping with a fingernail, and usually larger. Does look a little bit more like thrips to me :/

#### fireside ha respondido el 2024-05-04

Yeah I can scrape stuff off the stems but the underside of the leaves is significantly more difficult

![Pièce jointe 1 sur 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/rug_CP-OnWf_u-K3Q63vc5tzMVbuXQWb-mCV97LG8yA/nvB799AlTfK2rxedkM4ZRw.webp?size=large)

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