They sure don't look good. In the last picture, it looks like the leaves are being eaten by sawfly larvae. They look like green, thin small, worms. They're usually found on the underside of the leaves. I just squish them, when I find them. Looks like you could cut off (right at the base of the plant) that really dark cane. Are you watering the bush enough...the earth looks cracked and dry.

Rose sawfly larvae damage as Rose Canadian indicated above, is my evaluation ,also. Describe your care program for us. Maybe there are areas in it that need tweaking? More photos of symptomatic growth can help us identify any other issues.

Moses

More photos of the Beast Bugs.

The nursery guy didn't recognize the beetle, but he, too, declared that the war of the Sawfly is being waged, and I'm losing.

I seem to recall someone else on the board had a beetle that wasn't a pest, and tbh, it's possible that the beetles might be an ally against what I think is Sawfly

The cracked earth beneath the one Rose belongs to the neighbor. Issue is that is right next to my Rose, and we're being assaulted by sheer proximity by infections.

Have a steep aversion to pesticides, but used Neem Oil to combat in the first round.

Came back with Captain Jack and sprayed all the roses this morning. Starting to look as if the roses might be lost altogether at the rate of consuming throngs.

Cut out all the black cane, and sort of taken liberty of chopping on the neighbors roses, too, at this point.

To note, that I've got mostly natives growing and using the pesticide runs counter to the effort I've had going. Discovered belatedly that milkweed has eggs all over it, and it directly underneath the largest rose. Grrr

I would treat the neighbor's plant along with mine... Especially due to the proximity. I don't know if this is of any use, but I would spray liquid seaweed and fish fertilizer all over the leaves, top and bottom, and drench the soil. A lot of bugs don't like those and plants thrive from the application. Also, the spraying will dislodge many bugs and eggs.

Some types of sawflies are very relentless and breed from spring to frost. So you may have to intervene there if you want your rose to survive. I think some may eat the larvae, but they are very good at hiding, so I don't think it is enough to sit back and wait in some cases. That big fat one looks at least 1-2 weeks old, and has probably eaten several leaflets. And i bet he has like 20 siblings. If you kill this set, another may hatch soon and resume eating. Look for scraped scars on the top of the leaf ste as a clue that a wave is coming soon. The beetle does not look like an ally. Maybe a rose fuller beetle?

Thanks for insight on the sawflies.

Also, like the idea of using "liquid seaweed" There's one I haven't heard before.

Looked it up, and it does appear it sold as a combo at Home Depot.

And yeah, it appears I'm going to need to spray something at the neighbors Rose. Hers are very old. I'm guessing the one is Sterling Silver. That variety dates back to my family's house in the 60s. Makes some sense: Think the lady is in her early 90s

I was recently informed by bart bart that "fish fertilizer ... attracted badgers to my garden, and they were so destructive, digging up plants in their search for voles, etc to eat, and it was SO hard to get rid of them. I spent two years reinforcing my fence to anchor it to the ground so that they couldn't dig under it; they are enormously territorial."

So, if you have badgers nearby, please take this into account.

I read Diane said badgers killed gophers, so I was hoping to get some here.

@sharon zb8b texas

Ok, ok I know that badgers are the devil in your yard, but they are very rare where I am. There's a canyon preserve up the road where Wildlife specialist camera was triggered by one. They are pests for you, but a treasure round here. all in the beholder. I might try the fish concoction in lighter application to start.

thought I'd posted some updates on the battles waged, but I'm not seeing it.

So, some more photos of where I stand now.

I decided to remove most the damaged leaves from the injured.

Photos are tough to see the result above.

The shots above show where there is collective blackened damage at the cane / branch intersections and encrusted death at the "bud eyes." Best I can, I've hand scoured off the uglies. On some "eyes" there is life buried in there, and I efforted to free those up.

Lastly, this rose is all growth, no action. That is, it might be a sucker zombie? I fertilized, composted, and deep watered. It's now on the clock to bloom or bust.

@leafnose - Well, it looks like the sawfly damage has been mitigated. The blackened new growth at the leaf buds doesn't looks like sawfly damage. It could be thrips or something else, but I haven't seen them kill new growth in that way. Now that you mention the growth pattern of that rose, it looks like it could be a Doctor Huey rootstock takeover. But hard to say for sure until spring, when Dr. Huey would be blooming.

leafnose, your last pic definitely has the look of Dr. Huey. There is no indication from your one bloom pic that you have thrips. For sure you have sawfly larvae damage.