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Does anyone have any idea what these things might be please?

Answering my own question here for those who might be interested. I did
a google and was stunned at how many varieties of scales there are and
how hard I had to hunt to find anything like it. I think the one we have
is an armoured scale and the one that looks most like it is called
ceroplastes janeirensis:
http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgu...ed=0CAwQ9QEwAw


Some more to ponder. Could be gumtree scale

http://images.google.com.au/images?u...tart=0&ndsp=20

They are certainly a similar shape to the bugs we have but not quite the
right colour or with the quite destinctive black spot.