They are too tiny to take a pic of w/ my camera, but I found them recently on the top 3 inches of new growth of my wild rose vine.
I just took a look at the vine for some pruning & noticed the upper growth was thicker. After looking real close, it looked like a ton of little, light green oval things less than a 16th of inch & then some of them moved! They are clumped together at top 3 inches of stem, & same color as stem. Well, few days ago I broke off any of those branches couple inches below these "things" and stuck them in a pot of water & they drowned. Then I sprayed the vine with some neem oil & little Murphy's oil soap. Impossible to get all leaves - under & top. I noticed more bugs on a upper branch today. What are these things? So far ther is no leaf damage that I can see, but I don't want them to spread to my citrus if they are bad. So far, that's all I see them on. Anyone know what this could be? Thanks

Patty, Some sort of aphid first come to mind.

sounds exactly like aphids. I'm fighting them on my tomato plants. awful little buggers. I just take the hose on full blast and spray away. I know my parents roses get covered in them around this time of year.

Sounds like the Greenfly that you get on normal Garden Roses.

Might be making a bad association between Rose Vine and Garden Roses but these things do sound the same. BBC site below says you can get them on Citrus (?)

You get sprays especially for Garden Roses that might be suitable

Try these:-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/module6/common_pests6.shtml

http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/techniques/pests/aphids.htm

http://www.pestcontrolshop.co.uk/acatalog/APHIDS.html

or just ask for a Rose spray at a Garden center that kills greenfly etc