dragonflies, grasshoppers, lacewings, scorpionflies, thrips and springtails
![tube-tailed thrips [Hoplothrips semicaecus?]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/BD2_0820_7D_TheDowns_26Feb2026.jpg "tube-tailed thrips [Hoplothrips semicaecus?]")
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?]](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
![Long-horned Springtail [Pogonognathellus longicornis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/JO8V4231_EOS-1D_TheDowns_21Oct2025.jpg "Long-horned Springtail [Pogonognathellus longicornis]")
Long-horned Springtail [Pogonognathellus longicornis]
Long-horned Springtail on a hazel leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Oct 2025
![globular springtail [unidentified]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/other-insects/JO8V4666_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Nov2025.jpg "globular springtail [unidentified]")
globular springtail [unidentified]
a globular springtail of the family Sminthuridae among Holly flower buds - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Nov 2025