What have I seen on Brambles?

a catch-all term for the many blackberry species in the Rubus fructicosus species aggregate

Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]

3rd instar nymph on Rubus Sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025

Roesel's Bush-cricket [Roeseliana roeselii]

Male on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025

Flower Crab Spider [Misumena vatia]

Adult female on Rubus sp. - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Jul 2025

Tarnished Plant Bug [Lygus pratensis]

Adult on Rubus sp. - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jul 2025

Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]

1st instar nymph on Rubus sp. - Location : Banstead Heath, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jul 2025

Twin-spot Centurion [Sargus bipunctatus]

Male on a bramble leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 01 Oct 2025

Birch Shieldbug [Elasmostethus interstinctus]

Adult on bramble leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Oct 2025

Golden Dot moth [Stigmella aurella]

Larval leaf mine of S. aurella on a Rubus sp. leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Oct 2025

Banded Winter Gnat [Trichocera annulata]

T. annulata on a bramble leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Oct 2025

dung fly [Scathophaga sp.]

Dung fly, possibly female S. stercoraria, on a bramble leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Oct 2025

Hooded Dryomyza [Dryomyza anilis?]

D. anilis on a bramble leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Oct 2025

parasitic wasp [Gelis sp.?]

female parasitic wasp of genus Gelis? on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Dec 2025

Silver Birch [Betula pendula]

Silver Birch seed (orange) adhering to a bramble (Rubus sp.) leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Feb 2026

Cucumber Green Spider [Araniella cucurbitina sensu lato]

A. cucurbitina on bramble (Rubus avium sp.) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 4 Apr 2026

Harlequin Ladybird [Harmonia axyridis]

H. axyridis of form succinea onbramble (Rubus sp.) leaf, with Yellow Spear-winged Fly (Lonchoptera lutea) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Apr 2026

Small White [Pieris rapae]

female Small White on a bramble leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Apr 2026

Batman Hoverfly [Myathropa florea]

female M. florea on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Apr 2026

Yellow Weevil [Lixus iridis]

adult L. iridis on a bramble (Rubus sp.) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Apr 2026

German Wasp [Vespula germanica]

V. germanica on a bramble leaf, showing characteristic triangular yellow marks on thorax and black dot markings on face - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 Apr 2026

Sun Fly (a.k.a. The Footballer) [Helophilus pendulus]

female H. pendulus on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Apr 2026

a catch-all term for the many blackberry species in the Rubus fructicosus species aggregate

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