OTHER INSECTS - A diary of wildlife on Banstead Downs

dragonflies, grasshoppers, lacewings, scorpionflies, thrips and springtails

Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]

Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 May 2025

Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]

Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 May 2025

Common Scorpionfly [Panorpa communis]

Adult female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 31 May 2025

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

tube-tailed thrips [Hoplothrips semicaecus?]

adults, nymphs of various ages and eggs on decaying bark - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Feb 2026

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