Rose sawfly

Obviously the photo didn't work.

 

Talk to yourselves for a while, I'm trying to post a pic.

 

Obviously not the best, it was taken at 7 this morning.

 

Neem oil is effective.....a thorough spray on soil and all parts of the plant will eradicate sawfly Squirrel nuts
Pretty garden Squirrel

 

Morning all.
I should have said that earlier, but I'm a bit obsessed with this problem.
If the little blighters come out to play today I will catch one and post pick.
They do have the bright orange body and the 2 'pincers' on the head.
So, just to get this right: I'm looking for caterpillar like larvae, yes?

 

This is a pic of a plant that they particularly like, I don't know if that means anything.
Apologies if this is getting boring. If I was mobile ( car in garage) I would go to a garden centre near me which has been run by a lovely couple who grow all the plants themselves, I feel sure they could help, not that you people aren't, but you know what I mea

 

Wise owl
My little friends are out to play already.
Here is a pic of them.
Do you think they are Rose sawfly?

 

Could be rose sawfly but to be honest I'm completely baffled by the idea of someone going out and drenching their garden in insecticide/fungicide. This is a very irresponsible use of chemicals.

 

KingEdward.
Well lucky for you that you've never been under siege in your own garden from something that you don't know what it is. So bad that you can't walk through the garden without the b******ds in your hair, on your clothes. Can't leave any doors or windows open.
Perhaps in this situation you might feel like drenching everything.
But thank you for your sympathetic reply, NOT.

 

On the contrary. Every year we get plagued for several weeks by swarms of Blandford Flies (or similar) - horrendous tiny biting flies with bites that swell up terribly, and come out most when it's hot. But did I feel the need to go and soak the garden in insecticide, killing countless numbers of harmless insects in the process? No. The idea has never even occurred to me.

 

@Squirrel nuts
The picture doesn't look like Rose Sawfly. Also you you have swarms of them which doesn't sound right for sawflies. Just wondering how you identified them.