moths
![Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix [Pandemis cerasana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_0961_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jun2025.jpg "Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix [Pandemis cerasana]")
Barred Fruit-tree Tortrix [Pandemis cerasana]
Adult on Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025
![Spring Harbinger moth [Tortricodes alternella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/BD2_3897_7D_TheDowns_27Apr2026.jpg "Spring Harbinger moth [Tortricodes alternella]")
Spring Harbinger moth [Tortricodes alternella]
larva of T. alternella on an English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Apr 2026
![Green Oak Tortrix [Tortrix viridana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_9204_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_09Jun2024.jpg "Green Oak Tortrix [Tortrix viridana]")
Green Oak Tortrix [Tortrix viridana]
Adult on oak leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2024
![Green Oak Tortix [Tortrix viridana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_9696_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02May2025.jpg "Green Oak Tortix [Tortrix viridana]")
Green Oak Tortix [Tortrix viridana]
Caterpillar of the Green Oak Tortix moth suspended from a silk thread - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2025
![Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/JO8V3467_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Aug2025.jpg "Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]")
Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]
Adult on Hemp-agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2025
![Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/JO8V3512_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Aug2025.jpg "Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]")
Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025
![Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/IMG_0356_60D_TheDowns_02May2025.jpg "Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]")
Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]
Spindle Ermine moth larvae feeding gregariously inside silk coccoon on a Spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2025
![Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_9739_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02May2025.jpg "Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]")
Spindle Ermine [Yponomeuta cagnagella]
Larvae feeding inside web on a Spindle tree (Euonymus europaeus) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2025
![Orchard Ermine [Yponomeuta padella]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_0903_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jun2025.jpg "Orchard Ermine [Yponomeuta padella]")
Orchard Ermine [Yponomeuta padella]
Larvae feeding inside cocoon on a Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG7_2283_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon07Aug2020.jpg "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Adult on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Aug 2020
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG7_3978_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_02Aug2021.jpg "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2021
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/IMG_8296_60D_BansteadCommon_24Jul2020.jpg "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Adult on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 Jul 2020
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_2103_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Jul2025.jpg "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Adult on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2025
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_2148_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Jul2025.jpg "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Adults on Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2025
![Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/NG8_3424_EOS-1D_TheDowns_21Aug2025.jpg "Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]")
Six-spot Burnet [Zygaena filipendulae]
Empty pupal cocoon of Z. filipendulae - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Aug 2025
![Five-spot Burnet [Zygaena trifolii]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/lepidoptera-3-moths/4A_6189_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon_22Jun2015.jpg "Five-spot Burnet [Zygaena trifolii]")
Five-spot Burnet [Zygaena trifolii]
Mating pair on Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Jun 2015