In message , Wally
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Got these bugs, or the lava of, all over my Hydrangea.
Can anyone identify them for me please ??
They are all sitting under the leaves.

http://wally1002.tripod.com/bugs/ind...m/bugs?i=0&s=1

Looks like Hydrangea scale, Pulvinaria hydrangeae - click the image at
http://www.entocare.nl/uk/plagen_uk/pulvinaria.htm to confirm.

RHS has some basic information
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile...ngea_scale.asp

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Robert