dragonflies, grasshoppers, lacewings, scorpionflies, thrips and springtails
![Southern Hawker [Aeshna cyanea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/IMG_9926_60D_TheDowns_25Aug2024.jpg "Southern Hawker [Aeshna cyanea]")
Southern Hawker [Aeshna cyanea]
Male on Common Dogweed - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2024
![Southern Hawker [Aeshna cyanea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/IMG_9885_60D_TheDowns_11Aug2024.jpg "Southern Hawker [Aeshna cyanea]")
Southern Hawker [Aeshna cyanea]
Male of blue form – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Aug 2024
![Willow Emerald Damselfly [Chalcolestes viridis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_3369_EOS-1D_TheDowns_17Aug2025.jpg "Willow Emerald Damselfly [Chalcolestes viridis]")
Willow Emerald Damselfly [Chalcolestes viridis]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Aug 2025
![Lesser Marsh Grasshopper [Chorthippus albomarginatus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_2978_EOS-1D_TheDowns_06Aug2025.jpg "Lesser Marsh Grasshopper [Chorthippus albomarginatus]")
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?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/IMG_1289_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Lesser Marsh Grasshopper [Chorthippus albomarginatus?]")
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper [Chorthippus albomarginatus?]
Nymph – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Rufous Grasshopper [Gomphocerippus rufus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_3047_EOS-1D_TheDowns_08Aug2025.jpg "Rufous Grasshopper [Gomphocerippus rufus]")
Rufous Grasshopper [Gomphocerippus rufus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 Aug 2025
![Meadow Grasshopper [Pseudochorthippus parallelus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_1584_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Jun2025.jpg "Meadow Grasshopper [Pseudochorthippus parallelus]")
Meadow Grasshopper [Pseudochorthippus parallelus]
Female – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jun 2025
![Roesel's Bush-cricket [Roeseliana roeselii]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_1683_EOS-1D_TheDowns_26Jun2025.jpg "Roesel's Bush-cricket [Roeseliana roeselii]")
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]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_1822_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Jun2025.jpg "Roesel's Bush-cricket [Roeseliana roeselii]")
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]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_2904_EOS-1D_TheDowns_03Aug2025.jpg "Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]")
Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Aug 2025
![Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_3116_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Aug2025.jpg "Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]")
Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2025
![Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_0026_EOS-1D_TheDowns_16May2025.jpg "Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]")
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]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_0136_EOS-1D_TheDowns_19May2025.jpg "Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]")
Speckled Bush-cricket [Leptophyes punctatissima]
Speckled Bush-cricket nymph - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2025
![Common Green Lacewing [Chrysoperla carnea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_4696_EOS-1D_TheDowns_15Oct2025.jpg "Common Green Lacewing [Chrysoperla carnea]")
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]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/IMG_1284_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]")
Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]
Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/IMG_1090_60D_TheDowns_22May2025.jpg "Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]")
Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]
Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 May 2025
![Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/IMG_1183_60D_TheDowns_25May2025.jpg "Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]")
Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]
Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 May 2025
![Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_0600_EOS-1D_TheDowns_31May2025.jpg "Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]")
Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]
Adult female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 31 May 2025
![barkfly [Ectopsocus briggsi agg. ?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/BD2_1340_7D_TheDowns_15Mar2026.jpg "barkfly [Ectopsocus briggsi agg. ?]")
barkfly [Ectopsocus briggsi agg. ?]
macropterous adult barklfy of E. briggsi agg. on underside of a sycamore leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Mar 2026
![Thrips [Haplothrips leucanthemi?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/NG8_9938_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12May2025.jpg "Thrips [Haplothrips leucanthemi?]")
Thrips [Haplothrips leucanthemi?]
Thrips (a.k.a. ‘corn flies’) possibly Haplothrips leucanthemi, on Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 May 2025