Latest addition to the butterfly list is Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages), while I saw my first ever Common Heath (Ematurga atomaria) and Muslin moths (Diaphora mendica). A shield bug seen on hawthorn blossom turned out not to be a Hawthorn Shield Bug but rather a Common Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina).
Yesterday I saw only apterous adults, but today I added alate (winged) adult Sycamore Periphyllus Aphid (Periphyllus acericola) on the same tree. Although first seen on 12th April and again yesterday I finally managed a reasonable photo today of a Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major). It is usually seen hovering close to the ground, so hopefully if I ever see one land I might get a better focussed image.
![Dingy Skipper [Erynnis tages]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/IMG_8132_60D_BansteadCommon_19May2020.jpg "Dingy Skipper [Erynnis tages]")
![Common Heath [Ematurga atomaria]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/IMG_0308_60D_TheDowns_29Apr2025.jpg "Common Heath [Ematurga atomaria]")
![Muslin Moth [Diaphora mendica]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/IMG_0326_60D_TheDowns_29Apr2025.jpg "Muslin Moth [Diaphora mendica]")
![Muslin Moth [Diaphora mendica]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/IMG_0324_60D_TheDowns_29Apr2025.jpg "Muslin Moth [Diaphora mendica]")
![Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/NG8_9622_EOS-1D_TheDowns_29Apr2025.jpg "Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]")
![Sycamore Periphyllus Aphid [Periphyllus acericola]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/NG8_9605_EOS-1D_TheDowns_29Apr2025.jpg "Sycamore Periphyllus Aphid [Periphyllus acericola]")
![Dark-edged Bee Fly [Bombylius major]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/IMG_0282_60D_TheDowns_29Apr2025.jpg "Dark-edged Bee Fly [Bombylius major]")
Highlight of the day, though, was a distant (Google Earth tells me 280 m more or less) Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus), only my second sighting on Banstead Downs in 11 years of walking here. At least the first time I got some photos of both buck and doe.
![Western Roe Deer [Capreolus capreolus capreolus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/IMG_8754_60D_BansteadDowns_24Aug2021.jpg "Western Roe Deer [Capreolus capreolus capreolus]")
![Western Roe Deer [Capreolus capreolus capreolus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/march-april_2025/IMG_8766_60D_BansteadDowns_24Aug2021.jpg "Western Roe Deer [Capreolus capreolus capreolus]")
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