Thanks a lot - but this is not the issue. In the code I use the aesthetics to label the glomeruli from each of 10 rats in the simulated data. For each glomerulus I have a "sd" and a number of capillaries - I can make the circle size to reflect sd and the color to reflect number of capillaries (in that glomerulus) and the plot makes the scales for these OK - only the legend for size is corrupted. Perhaps I need to go into theme or whatever - just can't see it.
Best wishes
Troels