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Thanks for the pics Barbara.

It kind of looks like the white scale in the photo, but not as irregularly shaped. More like an oval dome. I've looked at other scale photos online, definitely could be scale.

Think it may be a type of armored scale.

Not that numerous, just a few here and there. No concentrations.

Tried to take pics but my camera can't focus so close.

I gently scaped the white pod off two of them and found a brown item under it. Doesn't move though, so not sure if it's a pest or scarring.

The article says 3-5mm, mine are definitely about 1mm. Basically a little less than the width of a leaf.

Any non-plant-harmful measures I can take in case it is scale? Will manually scaping them off help a little? There's not much really. How likely to spread to other junipers and pines?

I'll bring it to my bonsai club meeting and ask them what they think.