wasps, sawflies and ants
![Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_1686_EOS-1D_TheDowns_26Jun2025.jpg "Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]")
Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]
Mating pair (male L) on Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) flower – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2025
![Red-thighed Macrophya [Macrophya rufipes]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_0908_60D_TheDowns_16May2025.jpg "Red-thighed Macrophya [Macrophya rufipes]")
Red-thighed Macrophya [Macrophya rufipes]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 May 2025
![Pallid Buttercup Sawfly [Monophadnus pallescens]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/BD2_2600_7D_TheDowns_13Apr2026.jpg "Pallid Buttercup Sawfly [Monophadnus pallescens]")
Pallid Buttercup Sawfly [Monophadnus pallescens]
Female M. pallescens on Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 13 Apr 2026
![Orange Bordered Oak-cutter sawfly [Periclista pubescens]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_1306_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Orange Bordered Oak-cutter sawfly [Periclista pubescens]")
Orange Bordered Oak-cutter sawfly [Periclista pubescens]
Larva on Common Nettle leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Mountain Ash Sawfly [Pristiphora geniculata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/BD2_1557_7D_TheDowns_20Mar2026.jpg "Mountain Ash Sawfly [Pristiphora geniculata]")
Mountain Ash Sawfly [Pristiphora geniculata]
Adult (female ?) P. geniculata on an opening leaf bud of a Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 Mar 2026
![Apple Sawyer [Pristiphora maesta]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_8347_60D_BansteadCommon_11Jun2021.jpg "Apple Sawyer [Pristiphora maesta]")
Apple Sawyer [Pristiphora maesta]
Larva feeding on a Crab Apple (Malus sylvestris) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jun 2021
![Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_1116_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]")
Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Variable Tenthredo [Tenthredo livida]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_0829_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Jun2025.jpg "Variable Tenthredo [Tenthredo livida]")
Variable Tenthredo [Tenthredo livida]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025
![Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_1321_60D_TheDowns_28May2025.jpg "Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]")
Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025
![Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_1200_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]")
Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_0065_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_04Sep2021.jpg "Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]")
Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Sep 2021
![Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_0059_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_04Sep2021.jpg "Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]")
Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Sep 2021
![Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_0046_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_04Sep2021.jpg "Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]")
Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]
Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Aug 2021
![Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_0406_60D_TheDowns_07May2025.jpg "Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]")
Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 May 2025
![Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/IMG_0959_60D_TheDowns_17May2025.jpg "Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]")
Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]
Wayward Sawfly adult female on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 May 2025
![Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_9274_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Aug2024.jpg "Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]")
Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]
Male on Wild Carrot (Daurica carota) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2024
![Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_0453_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_12Sep2021.jpg "Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]")
Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Sep 2021
![Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_3007_EOS-1D_TheDowns_06Aug2025.jpg "Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]")
Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]
Female on Wild Carrot (Daucus carota) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 06 Aug 2025
![Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG8_0336_EOS-1D_TheDowns_20May2025.jpg "Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]")
Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 May 2025
![Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera/NG7_3435_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_16Jul2021.jpg "Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]")
Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]
Adult ‘farming’ ragwort aphids - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Jul 2021