I only heard that scale is a tiny "armoured" insect that need to be scraped off leaves. Also heard that where there are ants, there's probly scale.
Been noticing lots of ants on my honey murcott & just knock or hose them off. It is between a lemon & lime but nothing on those. Today, the ants are back, so I checked all leaves. Only thing I found were some dark specks - like a dot with a pen that I sorta scraped off. Is this scale? I can't find aphids or mites. No fruite fallen & leaves look ok so far.
Otherwise, why are ants all over this tree?
I also noticed some 'millipedey' 1/2 inch red/brown squiggely, crawly things in soil. Will any bugs come out or drown if I flush before I bring in house? Thanks

I had a few scale when i got one of my shipped plants- they were maybe twice the size of a grain of rice, kinda grey-white, and gushy. they were a bit taller in the middle- like an amoeba kinda ....

they were bigger than specks, and i never had ants but i hadnt taken them outside yet. . .

I just watched every few days and squooshed them as i saw them, they gave up fairly quickly.

good luck!

Thanks Garnet, I didn't realize they were THAT BIG! I also thought they had to be "scraped" off cuz they are hard. Anyway, I have'nt found anything like that.
Maybe ants just like that tree?