a catch-all term for the many blackberry species in the Rubus fructicosus species aggregate
![Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2025/IMG_1116_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]")
Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2025/IMG_1165_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]")
Common Tachinid [Tachina fera]
Adult on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Orange Ladybird [Halyzia sedecimguttata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2025/NG8_0097_EOS-1D_TheDowns_19May2025.jpg "Orange Ladybird [Halyzia sedecimguttata]")
Orange Ladybird [Halyzia sedecimguttata]
Adult on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2025
![Violet Black-legged Robberfly [Dioctria atricapilla]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2025/NG8_0571_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30May2025.jpg "Violet Black-legged Robberfly [Dioctria atricapilla]")
Violet Black-legged Robberfly [Dioctria atricapilla]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 May 2025
![Early Bumblebee [Bombus pratorum]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_0704_EOS-1D_TheDowns_04Jun2025.jpg "Early Bumblebee [Bombus pratorum]")
Early Bumblebee [Bombus pratorum]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Jun 2025
![Striped Oak Bug [Rhabdomiris striatellus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_0723_EOS-1D_TheDowns_07Jun2025.jpg "Striped Oak Bug [Rhabdomiris striatellus]")
Striped Oak Bug [Rhabdomiris striatellus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2025
![Meadow Plant Bug [Leptopterna dolabrata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_0767_EOS-1D_TheDowns_07Jun2025.jpg "Meadow Plant Bug [Leptopterna dolabrata]")
Meadow Plant Bug [Leptopterna dolabrata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2025
![Common Awl Robberfly [Neoitamus cyanurus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_0758_EOS-1D_TheDowns_07Jun2025.jpg "Common Awl Robberfly [Neoitamus cyanurus]")
Common Awl Robberfly [Neoitamus cyanurus]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2025
![Common Marble [Celypha lacunana]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_0838_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Jun2025.jpg "Common Marble [Celypha lacunana]")
Common Marble [Celypha lacunana]
Adult on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025
![Marbled White [Melanargia galathea serena]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_1074_EOS-1D_TheDowns_14Jun2025.jpg "Marbled White [Melanargia galathea serena]")
Marbled White [Melanargia galathea serena]
Female of sub-species serena– Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Jun 2025
![Common Mesh Weaver [Dictyna arundinacea]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/JO8V9950_EOS-1D_TheDowns_04Jun2025.jpg "Common Mesh Weaver [Dictyna arundinacea]")
Common Mesh Weaver [Dictyna arundinacea]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Jun 2025
![Common Harvestman [Phalangium opilio]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_0956_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jun2025.jpg "Common Harvestman [Phalangium opilio]")
Common Harvestman [Phalangium opilio]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025
![Golden-haired Robberfly [Choerades marginatus]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_0946_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jun2025.jpg "Golden-haired Robberfly [Choerades marginatus]")
Golden-haired Robberfly [Choerades marginatus]
Adult piercing and killing a Common Froghopper (Philaenus spumarius) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025
![Harlequin Ladybird [Harmonia axyridis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_1473_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Jun2025.jpg "Harlequin Ladybird [Harmonia axyridis]")
Harlequin Ladybird [Harmonia axyridis]
Adult of form conspicua on Rubus sp. - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Jun 2025
![Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_1617_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Jun2025.jpg "Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]")
Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]
3rd instar nymphs of P. prasina on Rubus sp. leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jun 2025
![Green-veined White [Pieris napi sabellicae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_1648_EOS-1D_TheDowns_26Jun2025.jpg "Green-veined White [Pieris napi sabellicae]")
Green-veined White [Pieris napi sabellicae]
Male of sub-species sabellicae on Rubus sp. leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2025
![Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp [Cerceris rybyensis]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_1660_EOS-1D_TheDowns_26Jun2025.jpg "Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp [Cerceris rybyensis]")
Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp [Cerceris rybyensis]
Adult 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/june_2025/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
![Green-veined White [Pieris napi sabellicae]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_1723_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Jun2025.jpg "Green-veined White [Pieris napi sabellicae]")
Green-veined White [Pieris napi sabellicae]
Female of sub-species sabellicae on Rubus sp. leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jun 2025
![22-spotted Ladybird [Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata]](https://downsdiary.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_1746_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Jun2025.jpg "22-spotted Ladybird [Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata]")
22-spotted Ladybird [Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata]
Adult on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jun 2025