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![African Giant Water Bug [Lethocerus niloticus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/MG_7935_20D_Ngwenya_19Mar2007.jpg "African Giant Water Bug [Lethocerus niloticus]")
African Giant Water Bug [Lethocerus niloticus]
Adult - Location : Ngwenya Lodge, near Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Date of image : 19 Mar 2007
![Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_3396_EOS-1D_TheDowns_17Aug2025.jpg "Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]")
Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 Aug 2025
![Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/IMG_20170926_141955.jpg "Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]")
Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]
Adult - Location : Belmont, Sutton, Greater London, England – Date of image : 26 Sep 2017
![Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_9664_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01May2025.jpg "Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]")
Hawthorn Shield Bug [Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 May 2025
![Parent Bug [Elasmucha grisea]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0856_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02Aug2025.jpg "Parent Bug [Elasmucha grisea]")
Parent Bug [Elasmucha grisea]
Female brooding eggs on a Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2025
![Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V3471_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Aug2025.jpg "Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]")
Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]
Adult on silver birch leaf - Location : Banstead Heath, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2025
![Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_8179_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_17May2023.jpg "Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]")
Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 17 May 2023
![Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0859_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02Aug2025.jpg "Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]")
Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]
Final instar nymph on Curled Dock (Rumex crispus) - Location : Banstead Heath, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2025
![Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0653_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Jul2025.jpg "Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]")
Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]
Final instar nymph - Location : Banstead Heath, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jul 2025
![Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_4510_EOS-1D_BansteadHeath_19Aug2021.jpg "Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]")
Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]
Mid instar nymph - Location : Banstead Heath, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 Aug 2021
![Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0737_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Jul2025.jpg "Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]")
Dock Bug [Coreus marginatus]
1st instar nymph - Location : Banstead Heath, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jul 2025
![Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0890_EOS-1D_TheDowns_10Aug2025.jpg "Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]")
Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]
Adult on Common Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 10 Aug 2025
![Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/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://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_3170_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Aug2025.jpg "Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]")
Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]
Late stage instar nymph on Artichoke Gall on Pedunculate Oak - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Aug 2025
![Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0921_EOS-1D_TheDowns_11Aug2025.jpg "Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]")
Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]
Late stage instar nymph on Pedunculate Oak twig - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Aug 2025
![Box Bug [Gonocerus acuteangulatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/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
![Birch Catkin Bug [Kleidocerys resedae]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0645_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_07Oct2021.jpg "Birch Catkin Bug [Kleidocerys resedae]")
Birch Catkin Bug [Kleidocerys resedae]
Nymph - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Oct 2021
![Lucerne Bug [Adelphocoris lineolatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_9815_EOS-1D_TheDowns_08May2025.jpg "Lucerne Bug [Adelphocoris lineolatus]")
Lucerne Bug [Adelphocoris lineolatus]
Nymph - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 May 2025
![Potato Mirid [Closterotomus norvegicus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_3785_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_01Aug2021.jpg "Potato Mirid [Closterotomus norvegicus]")
Potato Mirid [Closterotomus norvegicus]
Adult on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2021
![Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_2890_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_05Jul2021.jpg "Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]")
Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]
Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2021