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I wonder if anyone knows what this little Wasp type insect might be please ,it had a iridescent red coloured mid section ,and I thought at first ,possibly a Ruby -Tailed Wasp species ,but looking again I,m not so sure ! it was on chalk scrub ,right beside the sea at Samphire Ho,
near Dover ,around mid July (………… I think ) and was around 12-15 mm long.
Thanks for looking ! Regards Allan.W.

Looks very like the sawfly Macrophya annulata, as illustrated in Paul Brock's Comprehensive Guide to the Insects of Britain and Ireland.

M.

Thanks for that ID, Mikhail .It certainly looks like my insect ………...never thought of a Sawfly ! And the flight times seem to fit the bill as well . Thanks Again ! Regards Allan.W.