The bug refused to turn around and face head up. Tried for over an hour but then decided to go with it facing down. Shot with Sony a7rII + Laowa 100mm f/2.8 makro lens. ISO100 - F/8 - 1/125sec with flash.
Yes,
it's clearly an unknown bug "in the forum" - scarface family
( not "of the forum" - the reason why I opened the thread 😁 )
I believe it is a type of sawfly idtools.org/sawfly/index.cfm?packageID=89&entityID=872
I think I took some shots of one of these today on a rose, still on the camera but I think I got some the right way up
Jim
looks like a sawfly www.charteroakscompany.com/common-insect-pests/sawflies/
hmm, perhaps I shouldn't have let mine go, I think it eats brambles, but given the lack of any bugs after the poor spring they probably need all the help they can get
jim