Help ID bug on Blueberry plant?

[gav28]

Hi Guys,

Anybody have any idea what bug has made itself home on my Blueberry plant. It has a hard shell, but squashes quite nicely when you squeeze it against the stem

Here is a picture I took of one, hopefully you can see it, the arrow helps!



Thanks

Gavin

[mothhawk]

Scale insect - I've found them really hard to eradicate - had them on my indoor lemon and had to chuck it out in the end 'cos I got fed up of squashing and washing them off, you just can't see the tiny ones.

[boatsman]

I had some sort of scale insects on my lemon-lime tree. I sprayed the infestation daily with a few teaspoons of washing up liquid in a litre of water. It was very effective.