aphids, whiteflies, plant lice, scale insects, planthoppers, froghoppers and leafhoppers
![planthopper [Issus coleoptratus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/BD2_0729_7D_TheDowns_25Feb2026.jpg "planthopper [Issus coleoptratus]")
planthopper [Issus coleoptratus]
nymph of I. coleoptratus on an oak stump – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Feb 2026
![leafhopper [Arboridia ribauti]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG8_3555_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Aug2025.jpg "leafhopper [Arboridia ribauti]")
leafhopper [Arboridia ribauti]
Adult on Wild Cherry (Prunus avium) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025
![leafhopper [Oncopsis sp.?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/JO8V9913_EOS-1D_TheDowns_04Jun2025.jpg "leafhopper [Oncopsis sp.?]")
leafhopper [Oncopsis sp.?]
the discarded exuvium (shed exoskeleton) of a nymph of an Oncopsis sp.(?) planthopper - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Jun 2025
![birch-feeding leafhopper [Oncopsis flavicollis/subangulata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/BD2_1830-35_7D_TheDowns_28Mar2026.jpg "birch-feeding leafhopper [Oncopsis flavicollis/subangulata]")
birch-feeding leafhopper [Oncopsis flavicollis/subangulata]
nymph of O. flavicollis or O. subangulata on Silver Birch (above) and grazing damage caused by larvae (below) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Mar 2026
![Common Lacehopper [Cixius nervosus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG7_2999_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon_09Jul2021.jpg "Common Lacehopper [Cixius nervosus]")
Common Lacehopper [Cixius nervosus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jul 2021
![plant louse [unidentified]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/JO8V4705_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Nov2025.jpg "plant louse [unidentified]")
plant louse [unidentified]
plant louse of family Psyllidae or Triozidae on underside of a Cherry Laurel leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Nov 2025
![Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG8_1777_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Jun2025.jpg "Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]")
Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]
4 days after 1st image - Fluffy wax egg sac of P. kuwacola on underside of a sycamore leaf; newly hatched nymphs (orange) predated by final instar larva of 14-spotted Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata) – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jun 2025
![Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG8_1542_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Jun2025.jpg "Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]")
Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]
Fluffy wax egg sacs of P. kuwacola on underside of a sycamore leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Jun 2025
![Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG8_1548_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Jun2025.jpg "Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]")
Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]
Fluffy wax egg sac of P. kuwacola on underside of a sycamore leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Jun 2025