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![assassin bug [Montina confusa]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/IMG_0077_SX270_LaSelva_26Mar2014.jpg "assassin bug [Montina confusa]")
assassin bug [Montina confusa]
Adult – Location : La Selva Eco-lodge, Yasuní Biosphere Reserve, Ecuador – Date of image : 26 Mar 2014
![cicada [Purana nebulilinea]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/IMG_5740_SX270_SungeiBuloh_05Mar2018.jpg "cicada [Purana nebulilinea]")
cicada [Purana nebulilinea]
Adult - Location : Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore – Date of image : 05 Mar 2018
![cicada [Purana nebulilinea]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/IMG_5742_SX270_SungeiBuloh_05Mar2018.jpg "cicada [Purana nebulilinea]")
cicada [Purana nebulilinea]
Adult - Location : Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore – Date of image : 05 Mar 2018
![Common Lacehopper [Cixius nervosus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_2999_EOS-1D_BansteadCommon_09Jul2021.jpg "Common Lacehopper [Cixius nervosus]")
Common Lacehopper [Cixius nervosus]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jul 2021
![Red-and-black Froghopper [Cercopis vulnerata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_7967_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_03Jun2022.jpg "Red-and-black Froghopper [Cercopis vulnerata]")
Red-and-black Froghopper [Cercopis vulnerata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 May 2022
![Red-and-black Froghopper [Cercopis vulnerata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_7825_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_27May2022.jpg "Red-and-black Froghopper [Cercopis vulnerata]")
Red-and-black Froghopper [Cercopis vulnerata]
Adults - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Jun 2022
![Alder Spittlebug [Aphrophora alni]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0785_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Aug2025.jpg "Alder Spittlebug [Aphrophora alni]")
Alder Spittlebug [Aphrophora alni]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2025
![Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0628_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_22Sep2021.jpg "Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]")
Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Sep 2021
![Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_0631_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_22Sep2021.jpg "Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]")
Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 22 Sep 2021
![Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_1512_EOS-1D_TheDowns_23Jun2025.jpg "Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]")
Meadow Froghopper [Philaenus spumarius]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Jun 2025
![leafhopper [Arboridia ribauti]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_3555_EOS-1D_TheDowns_28Aug2025.jpg "leafhopper [Arboridia ribauti]")
leafhopper [Arboridia ribauti]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 Aug 2025
![leafhopper [Oncopsis sp.?]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V9913_EOS-1D_TheDowns_04Jun2025.jpg "leafhopper [Oncopsis sp.?]")
leafhopper [Oncopsis sp.?]
the discarded exuvium (shed exoskeleton) of the nymph of an Oncopsis sp.(?) planthopper - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Jun 2025
![Black Bean Aphid [Aphis fabae]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/IMG_1400_60D_TheDowns_28May2025.jpg "Black Bean Aphid [Aphis fabae]")
Black Bean Aphid [Aphis fabae]
Apterous adults and nymphs on stem, leaves and leaf buds of Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025
![Ragwort Aphid [Aphis jacobaeae]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_3347_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_15Jul2021.jpg "Ragwort Aphid [Aphis jacobaeae]")
Ragwort Aphid [Aphis jacobaeae]
Apterous adults and nymphs on stem of Ragwort - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 15 Jul 2021
![Small Willow Aphid [Aphis farinosa]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V9953_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Jun2025.jpg "Small Willow Aphid [Aphis farinosa]")
Small Willow Aphid [Aphis farinosa]
Apterous nymphs of various ages attended by Myrmica sp. red ants on a Goat Willow (Salix caprea) sapling - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025
![Willow-carrot Aphid [Cavariella aegopodii]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG7_2913_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_08Jul2021.jpg "Willow-carrot Aphid [Cavariella aegopodii]")
Willow-carrot Aphid [Cavariella aegopodii]
Nymphs at various stages of development on stem of Wild Carrot - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 08 Jul 2021
![Common Sycamore Aphid [Drepanosiphum platanoidis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0226_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Jun2025.jpg "Common Sycamore Aphid [Drepanosiphum platanoidis]")
Common Sycamore Aphid [Drepanosiphum platanoidis]
Mature alate on underside of a sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Jun 2025
![Common Sycamore Aphid [Drepanosiphum platanoidis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/NG8_1623_EOS-1D_TheDowns_26Jun2025.jpg "Common Sycamore Aphid [Drepanosiphum platanoidis]")
Common Sycamore Aphid [Drepanosiphum platanoidis]
Mature alates in a uniformly-spaced group on underside of a sycamore leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2025
![Reed Aphid [Hyalopteris pruni]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0178_EOS-1D_LWC_16Jun2025.jpg "Reed Aphid [Hyalopteris pruni]")
Reed Aphid [Hyalopteris pruni]
Mixed group of alate and apterous adults with nymphs of different ages, on leaf of Common Reed (Phragmites australis) - Location : London Wetland Centre, Barnes, Greater London, England – Date of image : 16 Jun 2025
![Herb Bennet Aphid [Macrosiphum gei]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/true-bugs/JO8V0209_EOS-1D_TheDowns_21Jun2025.jpg "Herb Bennet Aphid [Macrosiphum gei]")
Herb Bennet Aphid [Macrosiphum gei]
Nymphs on stem of Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 21 Jun 2025