I seem to have forgotten the name of the false wasp on the pink rose

[JBW]

I think it looks better bigger.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Brian, I prefer the image you uploaded to the 'general bug thread of august'. IMO the composition is much better in that one.The closer the better

[JBW]

Hi Brian, I prefer the image you uploaded to the 'general bug thread of august'. IMO the composition is much better in that one.The closer the better

certainly a better bug shot but this is primarily a rose shot.

[bnnrcn]

Ah sorry Brian, seeing your title I thought you were trying to put the emphasis on the bug. The rose looks nice

certainly a better bug shot but this is primarily a rose shot.

[Inkanyezi]

If "name" simply refers to "hoverfly" or any of the other generic names the type of fly has, I had forgotten it as well, but found it by tracing it from my mother tongue designation on the Wikipedia. But I am unable to identify the species.

I have noticed a difficulty to remember new words that I supposedly have learned in several languages, as well as sometimes losing them even in my mother tongue. I hope it's not that German guy they say makes one lose ones head... (Alzheimer) The most recent loss was "regaliz", which I am trying to settle well in my Spanish vocabulary (it is liquorice). When I was younger this did not happen so frequently.

[JBW]

If "name" simply refers to "hoverfly" or any of the other generic names the type of fly has, I had forgotten it as well, but found it by tracing it from my mother tongue designation on the Wikipedia. But I am unable to identify the species.

I have noticed a difficulty to remember new words that I supposedly have learned in several languages, as well as sometimes losing them even in my mother tongue. I hope it's not that German guy they say makes one lose ones head... (Alzheimer) The most recent loss was "regaliz", which I am trying to settle well in my Spanish vocabulary (it is liquorice). When I was younger this did not happen so frequently.

Don't worry, if you know your memory isn't what it was it is probably just normal getting old stuff.

[JBW]

Ah sorry Brian, seeing your title I thought you were trying to put the emphasis on the bug. The rose looks nice

I am going to have to work on my titles.

[Geoff F]

Just guessing on that insect, Brian, but if it was over here I would be looking at Picture Winged Flies - Tephritidae and others like Ulidiidae etc.