wasps, sawflies and ants
![European Hornet [Vespa crabro]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_3719_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30Aug2025.jpg "European Hornet [Vespa crabro]")
European Hornet [Vespa crabro]
Adult on White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025
![European Hornet [Vespa crabro]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_3698_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30Aug2025.jpg "European Hornet [Vespa crabro]")
European Hornet [Vespa crabro]
Adult hovering above White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) leaf- Location : Banstead Downs, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025
![European Hornet [Vespa crabro]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_3727_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30Aug2025.jpg "European Hornet [Vespa crabro]")
European Hornet [Vespa crabro]
Adult hovering above Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Banstead, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Aug 2025
![German Wasp [Vespula germanica]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_2480_EOS-1D_TheDowns_21Jul2025.jpg "German Wasp [Vespula germanica]")
German Wasp [Vespula germanica]
Adult on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2025
![German Wasp [Vespula germanica]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_2483_EOS-1D_TheDowns_21Jul2025.jpg "German Wasp [Vespula germanica]")
German Wasp [Vespula germanica]
Adult on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) with mating pair of Common Red Soldier Beetle (Rhagonycha fulva) to right - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jul 2025
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_9533_EOS-1D_TheDowns_16Sep2024.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Adult chewing off and pulping wood from a fence pole for nest building material - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Sep 2024
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_9535_EOS-1D_TheDowns_16Sep2024.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Sep 2024
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG7_2330_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon_07Aug2020.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Adult on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2020
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_4418_EOS-1D_TheDowns_06Oct2025.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 06 Oct 2025
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_4044_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Sep2025.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Adult searching for bees; entrance to Ivy Bee nest at left edge of image - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Sep 2025
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_2833_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02Aug2025.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Adult about to land on Wild Parsley (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2025
![Bramble Sawfly [Arge cyanocrocea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_1025_60D_TheDowns_19May2025.jpg "Bramble Sawfly [Arge cyanocrocea]")
Bramble Sawfly [Arge cyanocrocea]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2025
![Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_3272_EOS-1D_TheDowns_14Aug2025.jpg "Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]")
Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]
Adult – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Aug 2025
![Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG7_4371_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_05Aug2021.jpg "Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]")
Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Aug 2021
![Wheat Stem Borer [Cephus pygmeus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_7792_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_27May2022.jpg "Wheat Stem Borer [Cephus pygmeus]")
Wheat Stem Borer [Cephus pygmeus]
Adult on Ranunculus sp. - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 May 2022
![Curled Rose Sawfly [Allantus cinctus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_4448_EOS-1D_TheDowns_06Oct2025.jpg "Curled Rose Sawfly [Allantus cinctus]")
Curled Rose Sawfly [Allantus cinctus]
A. cinctus larva on a rowan leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 06 Oct 2025
![Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_0837_60D_TheDowns_16May2025.jpg "Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]")
Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]
Cinquefoil Strider sawfly adult on an English Oak leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 May 2025
![Flecked Strider [Macrophya blanda]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_0929_60D_TheDowns_17May2025.jpg "Flecked Strider [Macrophya blanda]")
Flecked Strider [Macrophya blanda]
Flecked Strider sawfly adult female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 May 2025
![Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_7908_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_03Jun2022.jpg "Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]")
Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]
Adult females on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Jun 2022
![Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_0542_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30May2025.jpg "Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]")
Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]
Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 May 2025