more common on the Downs than you might like
![Orchid Beetle [Dascillus cervinus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dogwood/IMG_1259_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Orchid Beetle [Dascillus cervinus]")
Orchid Beetle [Dascillus cervinus]
Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Chequered Weevil [Liophloeus tessulatus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dogwood/IMG_1362_60D_TheDowns_28May2025.jpg "Chequered Weevil [Liophloeus tessulatus]")
Chequered Weevil [Liophloeus tessulatus]
Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025
![green bottle fly [Lucilia sp.]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/oct_2025/JO8V3858_EOS-1D_TheDowns_06Oct2025.jpg "green bottle fly [Lucilia sp.]")
green bottle fly [Lucilia sp.]
Adult on a dogwood leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 01 Oct 2025
![Swollen-thighed Beetle [Oedemera nobilis]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dogwood/IMG_8359_60D_BansteadCommon_11Jun2021.jpg "Swollen-thighed Beetle [Oedemera nobilis]")
Swollen-thighed Beetle [Oedemera nobilis]
Female on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jun 2021
![Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/nov_2025/JO8V4404_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Nov2025.jpg "Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]")
Cottony Hydrangea Scale [Pulvinaria kuwacola]
Abandoned egg cocoons on Common Dogwood leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Nov 2025
![Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/JO8V4174_EOS-1D_TheDowns_17Oct2025.jpg "Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]")
Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]
Alate adults with nymphs on a Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Oct 2025
![Bronze Beetle [Chrysolina bankii]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dogwood/NG7_4587_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_24Aug2021.jpg "Bronze Beetle [Chrysolina bankii]")
Bronze Beetle [Chrysolina bankii]
Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 Aug 2021
![Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG8_4739_EOS-1D_TheDowns_15Oct2025.jpg "Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]")
Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]
Alate adult and nymphs of A. corni on a Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf, with a Jet Black Ant (Lasius fuliginosus) worker in attendance – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Oct 2025
![Ashy Mining Bee [Andrena cineraria]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/IMG_0946_60D_TheDowns_17May2025.jpg "Ashy Mining Bee [Andrena cineraria]")
Ashy Mining Bee [Andrena cineraria]
Ashy Mining Bee (Andrena cineraria) adult female on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 May 2025
![Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/jul_2026/BD2_6201_7D_TheDowns_20Jul2026.jpg "Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]")
Green Shield Bug [Palomena prasina]
5th and final instar nymph of P. prasina on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 Jul 2026
![Rustic Sailor Beetle [Cantharis rustica]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dogwood/NG8_0119_EOS-1D_TheDowns_19May2025.jpg "Rustic Sailor Beetle [Cantharis rustica]")
Rustic Sailor Beetle [Cantharis rustica]
Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2025
![Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG8_4727_EOS-1D_TheDowns_15Oct2025.jpg "Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]")
Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]
Nymphs of A. corni on a Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) flower, with Jet Black Ant (Lasius fuliginosus) workers in attendance – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Oct 2025
![Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dogwood/NG8_0412_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23May2025.jpg "Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]")
Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]
Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 May 2025
![Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG8_4756_EOS-1D_TheDowns_15Oct2025.jpg "Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]")
Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]
Alate adult, apterous adult and nymphs of A. corni on a Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf, with a Jet Black Ant (Lasius fuliginosus) worker in attendance – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Oct 2025
![Black-headed Cardinal Beetle [Pyrochroa coccinea]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dogwood/NG8_9744_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02May2025.jpg "Black-headed Cardinal Beetle [Pyrochroa coccinea]")
Black-headed Cardinal Beetle [Pyrochroa coccinea]
Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2025
![Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/JO8V4024_EOS-1D_TheDowns_14Oct2025.jpg "Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]")
Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]
Alate adult with 2nd stage nymphs and their cast-off white exoskeletons on a Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 14 Oct 2025
![Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/hemiptera-2/NG8_4680_EOS-1D_TheDowns_15Oct2025.jpg "Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]")
Common Dogwood-grass Aphid [Anoecia corni]
cast-off white exoskeletons of nymphs of A. corni on a Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) leaf – Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Oct 2025
![Early Mining Bee [Andrena haemorrhoa?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/hymenoptera-1-bees/IMG_1270_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Early Mining Bee [Andrena haemorrhoa?]")
Early Mining Bee [Andrena haemorrhoa?]
Adult on Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Lauxaniid fly [Tricholauxania praeusta?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/oct_2025/JO8V3971_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Oct2025.jpg "Lauxaniid fly [Tricholauxania praeusta?]")
Lauxaniid fly [Tricholauxania praeusta?]
Lauxaniid fly, possibly T. praeusta - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 12 Oct 2025
![Red-headed Cardinal Beetle [Pyrochroa serraticornis]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2025/IMG_0357_60D_TheDowns_02May2025.jpg "Red-headed Cardinal Beetle [Pyrochroa serraticornis]")
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle [Pyrochroa serraticornis]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2025