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![Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0382_EOS-1D_TheDowns_22May2025.jpg "Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]")
Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]
Adult male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 May 2025
![Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_3166_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_11Jul2021.jpg "Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]")
Trivial Plant Bug [Closterotomus trivialis]
Adult female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jun 2021
![Yellow-lined Plant Bug [Deraeocoris flavilinea]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V9909_EOS-1D_TheDowns_04Jun2025.jpg "Yellow-lined Plant Bug [Deraeocoris flavilinea]")
Yellow-lined Plant Bug [Deraeocoris flavilinea]
Nymph - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Jun 2025
![Four-spotted Oak Bug [Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_9767_EOS-1D_TheDowns_07May2025.jpg "Four-spotted Oak Bug [Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus]")
Four-spotted Oak Bug [Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 May 2025
![Meadow Plant Bug [Leptopterna dolabrata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0767_EOS-1D_TheDowns_07Jun2025.jpg "Meadow Plant Bug [Leptopterna dolabrata]")
Meadow Plant Bug [Leptopterna dolabrata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2025
![Common Green Capsid [Lygocoris pabulinus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0509_EOS-1D_BoxHill_13Sep2021.jpg "Common Green Capsid [Lygocoris pabulinus]")
Common Green Capsid [Lygocoris pabulinus]
Nymph - Location : NT Box Hill, Surrey, England – Date of image : 13 Sep 2021
![Tarnished Plant Bug [Lygus pratensis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0663_EOS-1D_TheDowns_27Jul2025.jpg "Tarnished Plant Bug [Lygus pratensis]")
Tarnished Plant Bug [Lygus pratensis]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 Jul 2025
![Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_7927_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_03Jun2022.jpg "Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]")
Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Jun 2022
![Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_7934_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_03Jun2022.jpg "Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]")
Fine-streaked Bugkin [Miris striatus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Jun 2022
![plant bug [Orthops basalis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_3275_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_15Jul2021.jpg "plant bug [Orthops basalis]")
plant bug [Orthops basalis]
Adult on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Jul 2021
![plant bug [Orthops campestris]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_3280_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_15Jul2021.jpg "plant bug [Orthops campestris]")
plant bug [Orthops campestris]
Adult on Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Jul 2021
![Long-legged Plant Bug [Phytocoris varipes]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0800_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Aug2025.jpg "Long-legged Plant Bug [Phytocoris varipes]")
Long-legged Plant Bug [Phytocoris varipes]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2025
![Common Nettle Flower Bug [Plagiognathus arbustorum]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0380_EOS-1D_PoLacey_04Jul2025.jpg "Common Nettle Flower Bug [Plagiognathus arbustorum]")
Common Nettle Flower Bug [Plagiognathus arbustorum]
Adult - Location : NT Polesden Lacey, Great Bookham, Surrey – Date of image : 04 Jul 2025
![Common Nettle Flower Bug [Plagiognathus arbustorum]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_8065_EOS-1D_Nymans_08Jul2022.jpg "Common Nettle Flower Bug [Plagiognathus arbustorum]")
Common Nettle Flower Bug [Plagiognathus arbustorum]
Adult - Location : Nymans Gardens, Handcross, West Sussex, England – Date of image : 08 Jul 2022
![Striped Oak Bug [Rhabdomiris striatellus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0723_EOS-1D_TheDowns_07Jun2025.jpg "Striped Oak Bug [Rhabdomiris striatellus]")
Striped Oak Bug [Rhabdomiris striatellus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 Jun 2025
![Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0346_EOS-1D_TheDowns_20May2025.jpg "Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]")
Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 May 2025
![Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0383_EOS-1D_TheDowns_05Jul2025.jpg "Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]")
Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]
middle stage nymph - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Jul 2025
![Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0427_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25May2025.jpg "Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]")
Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]
Newly hatched nymphs - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 May 2025
![Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0109_EOS-1D_TheDowns_19May2025.jpg "Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]")
Hairy Shieldbug [Dolycoris baccarum]
Newly layed eggs - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 May 2025
![Brassica Shield Bug [Eurydema oleracea]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_1856_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Jun2025.jpg "Brassica Shield Bug [Eurydema oleracea]")
Brassica Shield Bug [Eurydema oleracea]
Mating pair; pale form female and red form male on Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Jun 2025