Without knowing where you are located, I wonder if this is a Hoplia Beetle

Jeri

Here is a link that might be useful: {{gwi:297577}}

The wings don't have a hard enameled look. Wings are dull greyish brown and not smooth. They are quite active if you get within 4 or 5 inches of them when they're out in the open. Most of them flew off whenever I tried to take a pic. I caught this one sunning itself after I ran a cold sprinkler on it for 30 minutes.

I have an awesome book with great pictures titled

The Organic Gardeners's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control (Rodale Press)

I am looking at 6 bugs
1. spined soldier bug...wingless & beneficial
2. plum curculio...hard wing covers, whit hairs on body plum and apple pest
3. black vine weevil
4. BEAN APHID...with or without wings... there are five different types of aphids in this book. This may be it.
5. also looks like an ASSASSIN BUG...beneficial
6. kinda looks like a stink bug...wingless

Maybe an assassin?

The wings don't have a hard enameled look.

Weevils don't "look" like they have hard wings, they feel like they have hard wings. The forewings (the "elytra") are unusually hard with all the weevils.

I do think this is a weevil, although I've not lived in CA and so I'm not certain of the species. It is not black vine weevil. I am very familiar with that one and can assure you it is not that.

I do not think this is any of the true bugs (soldier bug, assassin bug, or stink bug). I agree there's a resemblance, but I identify insects for a living and the shape of the front of the insect isn't consistent with a true bug. It's very consistent with the shape of the (apparent, when viewed from this angle) front of a weevil.

Thanks for all your help. If it is some kind of weevil are they bad for roses and how do I get rid of them if they are? It doesn't look like any picture of a hooplia that I can find online.These bugs have wings and are very adept at flying. Thanks again, Jeff.

First, are they harming your roses or other plants?
If not, leave them alone or squash between your thumb and finger. Indiscriminant insecticide spraying will kill all bugs including the good ones.

You have Eucalyptus in the area?

Here is a link that might be useful: one of many Euc. pests

If it is a weevil it is certainly feeding on a plant (all of them do), but I don't know if it's feeding on your roses or not.

My leaves are all fallen off my rose bush all there is is a bush of sticks can anyone help me on what to do and how to get the leaves growing again?

Help someone!

Roses defoliate for several unrelated reasons. What region of the country do you live in? Do you have any pictures of how the leaves looked just before they fell off?

Scroller: that looks like an assassin bug.If it is please don't kill it,because it's eating something that's chowing down on your roses.
willy

I'm an entomologist who identifies insects for a living.

That's no assassin bug.

That's a weevil.