Camellia.. pest or desease please ?

[flossy]

  Sons Camellia has the weirdest infestation I have ever seen !     :o

  Under the leaves are a mass of 3cm long,   ' oblong ' white fluffy patches  --  white
    as snow.    I rubbed some with my thumb - ugh, messy,  but thought I could see
    a dot of something ?

    If anyone knows what this is - would be very pleased to hear from you,    ???

    Thanks, floss xxx

[flossy]

[flossy]

 
  Any seen the like of this ?   xxx

[manicscousers]

seen something like it, don't know what it was  ???
were they like white, oblong fluffy tubes?

[Tee Gee]

Sounds like 'Mealy Bug'

http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Data/Mealybug/Mealybug.htm

[flossy]

  Thanks TG, but pictures didn't show what I saw  ---   still gob smacked !

   More like what you described manics, don't know about tubular---   more like oblong flat

   and very white !

   Spooky !

    Think it must be ' bug ' infestation --  of what sort , do not know,

     Did Google but couldn't get anywhere,

     floss, xxx

[manicscousers]

http://www.livingwithbugs.com/sca_ins.html ?

[flossy]

   Manics, you're a star !!    How did you find that ?

   Thats it -  have forwarded the site to No 1 son and leave him to deal with it !
      - many thanks,     :-*

    floss xxx

[manicscousers]

I put in insect eggs camellia images..it's amazing the pests there are  :o ;D

[flossy]

  Thanks again manics  ---   gruesome looking innit ' ,      :P

   floss xxx

[manicscousers]

horrible, up close  ;D