more common on the Downs than you might think
![Parent Bug [Elasmucha grisea]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/oct_2025/JO8V3818_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Oct2025.jpg "Parent Bug [Elasmucha grisea]")
Parent Bug [Elasmucha grisea]
Adult on a buckthorn leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England - Date of image : 01 Oct 2025
![Twin-spot Centurion [Sargus bipunctatus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2026/BD2_6455_7D_TheDowns_28Aug2026.jpg "Twin-spot Centurion [Sargus bipunctatus]")
Twin-spot Centurion [Sargus bipunctatus]
Adult S. bipunctatus on a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2026
![Green Shieldbug [Palomena prasina]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sep_2026/BD2_6510_7D_TheDowns_07Sep2026.jpg "Green Shieldbug [Palomena prasina]")
Green Shieldbug [Palomena prasina]
4th instar nymph of P. prasina on Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 7 Sep 2026
![Jumping Plant Louse [Trichochermes walkeri]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/oct_2025/JO8V3897_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Oct2025.jpg "Jumping Plant Louse [Trichochermes walkeri]")
Jumping Plant Louse [Trichochermes walkeri]
Leaf-margin rolling gall caused by T. walkeri on a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Oct 2025
![bonnet mushrooms [Mycena sp.?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/dec_2025/JO8V4928_EOS-1D_TheDowns_05Dec2025.jpg "bonnet mushrooms [Mycena sp.?]")
bonnet mushrooms [Mycena sp.?]
tiny (cap 5 mm diam.) bonnet mushrooms (genus Mycena ?) on dead buckthorn branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Dec 2025
![Privet Sawfly [Macrophya punctumalbum]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/may_2026/BD2_4450-1_7D_TheDowns_02May2026.jpg "Privet Sawfly [Macrophya punctumalbum]")
Privet Sawfly [Macrophya punctumalbum]
M. punctumalbum on a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 May 2026
![Green Shieldbug [Palomena prasina]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sep_2026/NG9_2325_EOS-1D_TheDowns_18Sep2026.jpg "Green Shieldbug [Palomena prasina]")
Green Shieldbug [Palomena prasina]
final instar nymph of P. prasina on a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 18 Sep 2026
![Stripe-backed Brusheye [Dasysyrphus albostriatus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sep-2025/NG8_4049_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Sep2025.jpg "Stripe-backed Brusheye [Dasysyrphus albostriatus]")
Stripe-backed Brusheye [Dasysyrphus albostriatus]
Female on Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf; note Bucculatrix frangutella final stage leaf mine on leaf bottom right - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Sep 2025
![Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/NG8_3126_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Aug2025.jpg "Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]")
Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]
Adult on Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2025
![Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/JO8V0890_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Aug2025.jpg "Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]")
Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]
Adult on Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2025
![Jumping Plant Louse [Trichochermes walkeri]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/JO8V0882_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Aug2025.jpg "Jumping Plant Louse [Trichochermes walkeri]")
Jumping Plant Louse [Trichochermes walkeri]
Leaf-margin rolling gall caused by T. walkeri on a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2025
![Speckled Wood [Pararge aegeria]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sep_2026/NG9_2529_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Sep2026.jpg "Speckled Wood [Pararge aegeria]")
Speckled Wood [Pararge aegeria]
P. aegeria resting on Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Sep 2026
![Cucumber Green Spider [Araniella cucurbitina]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/sep_2026/BD2_6575-5b_7D_TheDowns_29Sep2026.jpg "Cucumber Green Spider [Araniella cucurbitina]")
Cucumber Green Spider [Araniella cucurbitina]
female(?) A. cucurbitina on a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 29 Sep 2026
![Buckthorn Dot moth [Stigmella catharticella]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/oct_2025/NG8_4499-4500_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Oct2025.jpg "Buckthorn Dot moth [Stigmella catharticella]")
Buckthorn Dot moth [Stigmella catharticella]
tenanted mine of S. catharticella larva on a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf; inset processed to highlight larva inside gallery - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Oct 2025
![Marbled Orchard Tortrix [Hedya nubiferana?]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/june_2025/NG8_0858_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Jun2025.jpg "Marbled Orchard Tortrix [Hedya nubiferana?]")
Marbled Orchard Tortrix [Hedya nubiferana?]
Adult on Common Buckthorn leaf; Tortix moth of genus Hedya, possibly H. nubiferana (several similar looking species) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jun 2025
![Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/JO8V3409_EOS-1D_TheDowns_19Aug2025.jpg "Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]")
Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]
early stage leaf mines caused by newly hatched larva of B. frangutella on underside of a Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2025
![fungus [unidentified]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/nov_2025/JO8V4658_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Nov2025.jpg "fungus [unidentified]")
fungus [unidentified]
fungus on a dead buckthorn branch - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Nov 2025
![Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/JO8V3452_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Aug2025.jpg "Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]")
Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]
Same Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf, 4 days after 1st image; growing larvae of B. frangutella now moving out of the tight spiral tracks - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 May 2025
![Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/NG8_3582_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Aug2025.jpg "Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]")
Buckthorn Bent-wing [Bucculatrix frangutella]
Final gallery of larva of B. frangutella well out of initial tight spiral track - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025
![Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]](https://test.intothevoid.co.uk/wp-content/gallery/aug_2025/JO8V3491_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Aug2025.jpg "Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]")
Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]
Empty egg cases on upper surface of Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025