Solved Bugs attacking plant

hi,

Just got back from holiday and walking around the garden, came across a couple of plants (same type) with these little black bugs along with a fair few ants. Some of the little bugs are moving but the rest aren't.

I've attached a photo (click to view a bigger one) as I'm not sure what they are or how to get rid of them.

 

Welcome to the forums Nathant1985!

Look like Blackfly.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=797

 

black fly aka Aphid the ants milk them like cows they produce sugary syrup from the bottoms and also protect them , if only a few just use your hand to remove them is best

looks like a chrysanthemum plant , very tasty to aphids

 

Brilliant, thank you both. I will go and manually remove then. Is it just a case of manually scraping them off?

 

are they too quick to catch

 

just be gentle as you dont want to damage/crush the stem of the plant or you can wash them off with the hose pipe