spiders, harvestmen, ticks, mites, springtails, earwigs, woodlice, millipedes, slugs and snails
![Common Harvestman [Phalangium opilio] Common Harvestman [Phalangium opilio]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-NG8_0956_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jun2025.jpg)
Common Harvestman [Phalangium opilio]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025
![Red Harvestman [Opilio canestrinii] Red Harvestman [Opilio canestrinii]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-JO8V3485_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Aug2025.jpg)
Red Harvestman [Opilio canestrinii]
Male (?) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025
![Castor Bean Tick [Ixodes ricinus] Castor Bean Tick [Ixodes ricinus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-JO8V0950_EOS-1D_TheDowns_14Aug2025.jpg)
Castor Bean Tick [Ixodes ricinus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Aug 2025
![Castor Bean Tick [Ixodes ricinus] Castor Bean Tick [Ixodes ricinus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-BD2_1442_7D_TheDowns_18Mar2026.jpg)
Castor Bean Tick [Ixodes ricinus]
mating pair on the underside of a Cuckoo-pint leaf; smaller male is upside down and underneath the female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 Mar 2026
![Oribatid mite [Damaeidae sp.] Oribatid mite [Damaeidae sp.]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-BD2_1050_7D_TheDowns_02Mar2026.jpg)
Oribatid mite [Damaeidae sp.]
tiny (1.5mm) mite of the Damaeidae family carrying soil and plant debris on its back as camouflage - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Mar 2026
![mite [Linopodes sp.] mite [Linopodes sp.]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-BD2_0345_7D_TheDowns_17Feb2026.jpg)
mite [Linopodes sp.]
a tiny (1mm body length) Linopodes mite on decaying bark in leaf litter - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Feb 2026
![mite [Euzetes globulus] mite [Euzetes globulus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-BD2_0881_7D_TheDowns_27Feb2026.jpg)
mite [Euzetes globulus]
a tiny (1mm) E. globulus mite on decaying bark in leaf litter - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Feb 2026
![red velvet mite [Trombidiidae sp.] red velvet mite [Trombidiidae sp.]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-NG8_2169_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Jul2025.jpg)
red velvet mite [Trombidiidae sp.]
Adult, possibly of genus Balaustia - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2025
![Meadow Brown [Maniola jurtina insularis] Meadow Brown [Maniola jurtina insularis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-IMG_8681_60D_BansteadDowns_10Aug2021.jpg)
Meadow Brown [Maniola jurtina insularis]
Male of sub-species insularis with red Trombidium sp. mite at base of forewing, feeding on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2021
![Gatekeeper [Pyronia tithonus britanniae] Gatekeeper [Pyronia tithonus britanniae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-4A_0023_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon_21Jul2015.jpg)
Gatekeeper [Pyronia tithonus britanniae]
Female of sub-species britanniae feeding on Wild Marjoram (Origanum vulgare), with red Trombidium sp. mite at base of hind wing – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2015
![slender springtail [Entomobrya nicoleti ?] slender springtail [Entomobrya nicoleti ?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-JO8V4637_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Nov2025.jpg)
slender springtail [Entomobrya nicoleti ?]
E. nicoleti on Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa ?) on Birch bark - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Nov 2025
![slender springtail [Tomocerus sp.] slender springtail [Tomocerus sp.]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-BD2_0877_7D_TheDowns_27Feb2026.jpg)
slender springtail [Tomocerus sp.]
a Tomocerus sp. (left) on decaying bark in leaf litter, with possible nymph and a mite Euzetes globulus (bottom right) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Feb 2026
![Long-horned Springtail [Pogonognathellus longicornis] Long-horned Springtail [Pogonognathellus longicornis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-BD2_1552_7D_TheDowns_20Mar2026.jpg)
Long-horned Springtail [Pogonognathellus longicornis]
adult P. longicornis on underside of a Cherry Laurel (Prunus laurocerasus) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 Mar 2026
![globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca] globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-BD2_1012_7D_TheDowns_02Mar2026-Dicyrtoma-fusca.jpg)
globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca]
D. fusca on bark fragment in leaf litter - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Mar 2026
![globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca ?] globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca ?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-NG8_5622_EOS-1D_TheDowns_19Dec2025.jpg)
globular springtail [Dicyrtoma fusca ?]
D. fusca on Crimped Gill (Plicaturopsis crispa ?) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Dec 2025
![globular springtails [Dicyrtomina minuta] globular springtails [Dicyrtomina minuta]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-1_BD2_1154_7D_TheDowns_03Mar2026.jpg)
globular springtails [Dicyrtomina minuta]
two globular springtails on decaying bark in leaf litter with a Common Pygmy Woodlouse (Trichoniscus pusillus agg.) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Mar 2026
![globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi?] globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-NG8_5370b_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Dec2025.jpg)
globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi?]
D. saundersi? beside a Postia sp.? bracket fungus, possibly P. subcaesia ‘Blueing Bracket’ - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Dec 2025
![globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi] globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-JO8V4822_EOS-1D_TheDowns_03Dec2025.jpg)
globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi]
D. saundersi on underside of an Ivy (Hedera helix) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Dec 2025
![globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi] globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-BD2_0900_7D_TheDowns_27Feb2026.jpg)
![globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi] globular springtail [Dicyrtomina saundersi]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/arachnids/thumbs/thumbs-JO8V4841_EOS-1D_TheDowns_03Dec2025.jpg)