Don't know what he is.......

[Kobione]

Was just taking a couple of pictures of a climber that is in flower when I spotted this - just cropped from the larger picture:

 

 

He was very flighty, and I was lucky to get another, from another angle, but still not good enough to identify him:

 

 

 

[bugmeister]

Could it be a bee?

[annie]

He's very lovely. He does look very beeish!

 

You need to up load him to a Australian wildlife site for id.....

[Heather]

either thats a really small flower or thats one big bug ! 

[NannyFerret]

either thats a really small flower or thats one big bug ! 

He does look rather large, doesn't he?

NIce one, Dee.

[Paul]

Looks like it may be a sawfly to me of some kind.

 

Nice.

 

Paul.

[Denis]

Knowing Australia's wildlife the flower is probably 6 inches across and the 'bug' is the size of a small lobster

[ChrisLumix]

Knowing Australia's wildlife the flower is probably 6 inches across and the 'bug' is the size of a small lobster

 

 

[Leon]

dont know what it is but it looks evil!!

[Kobione]

Thanks all.

 

Definitely not a bee, but I didn't manage to get a picture of him side on - maybe Sawfly type, Paul - I'll check it. He constantly kept his eye on me, and even the shutter click spooked him, and, what's more, he hasn't been back!!

 

Oh, and size-wise his total body length was about an inch long - that gives you an idea.

[NannyFerret]

What about a flying ant.
I thought it looked like an ant on the first pic.