OTHER INSECTS - A diary of wildlife on Banstead Downs

Southern Hawker [Aeshna cyanea]

Male on Common Dogweed - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2024

Southern Hawker [Aeshna cyanea]

Male of blue form – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Aug 2024

Common Darter [Sympetrum striolatum]

female S. striolatum on English Oak (Quercus robur) sapling - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Aug 2026

Willow Emerald Damselfly [Chalcolestes viridis]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Aug 2025

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper [Chorthippus albomarginatus]

Male on Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 06 Aug 2025

Lesser Marsh Grasshopper [Chorthippus albomarginatus?]

Nymph – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025

Rufous Grasshopper [Gomphocerippus rufus]

adult G. rufus on (Galium sp.) stem - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jul 2026

Rufous Grasshopper [Gomphocerippus rufus]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 Aug 2025

Meadow Grasshopper [Pseudochorthippus parallelus]

Female – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jun 2025

Southern Oak Bush-cricket [Meconema meridionale]

adult M. meridionale resting on an English Oak (Quercus robur) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Sep 2026

Oak Bush-cricket [Meconema thalassinum]

M. thalassinum nymph on underside of a Whitebeam (Aria edulis) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 Jul 2026

Roesel's Bush-cricket [Roeseliana roeselii]

Adult of fully winged form diluta on Rubus sp. leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2025

Roesel's Bush-cricket [Roeseliana roeselii]

Male on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025

Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Aug 2025

Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2025

Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]

Speckled Bush-cricket nymph - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 May 2025

Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]

Speckled Bush-cricket nymph - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2025

Pearly Green Lacewing [Chrysopa perla]

C. perla lacewing on a Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 5 Jun 2026

Common Green Lacewing [Chrysoperla carnea]

Common Green Lacewing on a Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Oct 2025

Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]

Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025