What have I seen on Asteraceae?

including knapweeds, thistles, yellow composites and ragwort

Prickly Sow-thistle [Sonchus asper]

Prickly Sow-thistle flower with small chalcid wasp on a leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 Sep 2025

Plain-faced Drone Fly [Eristalis arbustorum]

Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 09 Oct 2025

Small Green Pot Beetle [Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 Aug 2024

Swollen-thighed Beetle [Oedemera nobilis]

Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 27 May 2022

shining flower beetle [Olibrus aeneus]

Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 05 Aug 2021

Cinnabar Moth [Tyria jacobaeae]

Larva feeding on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 16 Jul 2021

Cinnabar Moth [Tyria jacobaeae]

Larvae feeding on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 28 Jun 2015

Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]

Female on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2025

Common Red Soldier Beetle [Rhagonycha fulva]

Mating pair on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Jul 2021

false blister beetle [Oedemera lurida]

Adult female on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Jul 2021

tumbling flower beetle [Variimorda villosa]

Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Sep 2021

Grey-banded Mining Bee [Andrena denticulata?]

Female gathering pollen from Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Aug 2021

Potato Mirid [Closterotomus norvegicus]

Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2021

Ragwort Aphid [Aphis jacobaeae]

Apterous adults and nymphs on stem of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Jul 2021

Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]

Adults ‘farming’ Ragwort Aphid (Aphis jacobaeae) on stem of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Jul 2021

Marmalade Hoverfly [Episyrphus balteatus]

Female on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jul 2023

Grey-banded Mining Bee [Andrena denticulata]

Female gathering pollen from Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Aug 2021

Common Carder Bee [Bombus pascuorum]

Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Sep 2021

Ashy Mining Bee [Andrena cineraria]

Female on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Aug 2021

Furry Drone Fly [Eristalis intricaria]

Male on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Aug 2021

including knapweeds, thistles, yellow composites and ragwort

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