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title: "I recently found scale insects on one of my plants. This is a new…"
description: "I recently found scale insects on one of my plants. This is a new plant I just brought in and I haven’t felt with scale insects before. I washed off the leaves…"
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author: "Avery"
published: "2026-10-24T17:44:11.234399Z"
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# I recently found scale insects on one of my plants. This is a new…

_Posted by Avery on 2026-10-24_

I recently found scale insects on one of my plants. This is a new plant I just brought in and I haven’t felt with scale insects before. I washed off the leaves as best I could, but what can I do to keep them off my other plants? I am planning on getting neem oil but don’t have any on hand yet

## 4 comments

### Rhus commented on 2026-10-25

The most important thing you can do now to stop them from spreading is to make sure your scale-y plant is isolated. Even if that just means it's not touching other plants, it'll help. Make sure you check any plants it was touching/close to. Isoprpyl alcohol will remove them as well. I personally would go for alcohol on a cotton bud before neem, but that's partly because I have time to sit there and poke a plant.

#### Avery replied on 2026-10-25

I moved it to a table away from my other plants but it’s still in the same room. I have limited space right now

#### Rhus replied on 2026-10-26

The same room is totally fine. Scale aren't \*that\* mobile; if you're treating it and it's not touching anything else they're not likely to successfully spread

### Orchid\_Mom commented on 2026-10-25

I didn’t realize when I first got scale what it was. My whole collection has it and I am continually fighting it. Every time I think I have the upper hand, I don’t.

Knowing what I know now, I wish I would have started with systemic insecticides alongside the spray treatments.

Read up on scale because the nymphs that hatch from eggs can literally float on air currents.

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