including knapweeds, thistles, yellow composites and ragwort
![thrips [Haplothrips leucanthemi?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2025/NG8_9938_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12May2025.jpg "thrips [Haplothrips leucanthemi?]")
thrips [Haplothrips leucanthemi?]
thrips (a.k.a. ‘corn flies’), possibly Haplothrips leucanthemi, on Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 May 2025
![Dark-edged Bee-fly [Bombylius major]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_6626_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Apr2026.jpg "Dark-edged Bee-fly [Bombylius major]")
Dark-edged Bee-fly [Bombylius major]
adult B. major feeding from a Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 1 Apr 2026
![Peacock [Aglais io]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_6690_EOS-1D_TheDowns_07Apr2026.jpg "Peacock [Aglais io]")
Peacock [Aglais io]
Peacock butterfly on a Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 7 Apr 2026
![Early Mining Bee [Andrena haemorrhoa]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_6706_EOS-1D_TheDowns_07Apr2026.jpg "Early Mining Bee [Andrena haemorrhoa]")
Early Mining Bee [Andrena haemorrhoa]
female A. haemorrhoa on Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 7 Apr 2026
![Green-veined White [Pieris napi]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_6878_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Apr2026.jpg "Green-veined White [Pieris napi]")
Green-veined White [Pieris napi]
male P. napi on Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Apr 2026
![Gooden's Nomad Bee [Nomada goodeniana]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_6900_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Apr2026.jpg "Gooden's Nomad Bee [Nomada goodeniana]")
Gooden's Nomad Bee [Nomada goodeniana]
N. goodeniana on Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Apr 2026
![Western Honey Bee [Apis mellifera]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/apr_2026/NG8_6912_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Apr2026.jpg "Western Honey Bee [Apis mellifera]")
Western Honey Bee [Apis mellifera]
female A. mellifera on Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Apr 2026
![Ferruginous Bee-grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2026/NG8_9017_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28May2026.jpg "Ferruginous Bee-grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]")
Ferruginous Bee-grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]
male (?) S. ferrugineus on a Rough Hawk's-beard (Crepis biennis) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2026
![tumbling flower beetle [Variimorda villosa]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2026/NG8_9024_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28May2026.jpg "tumbling flower beetle [Variimorda villosa]")
tumbling flower beetle [Variimorda villosa]
V. villosa beetle on an Ox-eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2026
![Artichoke Beetle [Sphaeroderma testaceum]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2026/NG8_9027_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28May2026.jpg "Artichoke Beetle [Sphaeroderma testaceum]")
Artichoke Beetle [Sphaeroderma testaceum]
S. testaceum beetle on a Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2026
![Ferruginous Bee-grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2026/NG8_9032_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28May2026.jpg "Ferruginous Bee-grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]")
Ferruginous Bee-grabber [Sicus ferrugineus]
mating pair of S. ferrugineus thick-headed flies on a Rough Hawk's-beard (Crepis biennis) flower with green pot beetles (Cryptocephalus sp.) and a Small Bee-grabber (Thecophora atra?) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2026
![Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2026/NG8_9137_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30May2026.jpg "Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]")
Red-tailed Bumblebee [Bombus lapidarius]
female B. lapidarius on a Rough Hawk's-beard (Crepis biennis) flower – Date of image : 30 May 2026