bees, wasps, sawflies and ants
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_9533_EOS-1D_TheDowns_16Sep2024.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Adult chewing off wood from a fence pole - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Sep 2024
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_9535_EOS-1D_TheDowns_16Sep2024.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Sep 2024
![Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_2833_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02Aug2025.jpg "Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]")
Common Wasp [Vespula vulgaris]
Adult about to land on Wild Parsley (Pastinaca sativa) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Aug 2025
![Bramble Sawfly [Arge cyanocrocea]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1025_60D_TheDowns_19May2025.jpg "Bramble Sawfly [Arge cyanocrocea]")
Bramble Sawfly [Arge cyanocrocea]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 19 May 2025
![Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG7_4371_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_05Aug2021.jpg "Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]")
Large Rose Sawfly [Arge pagana]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 05 Aug 2021
![Dark-legged Stem-sawfly [Calameuta filiformis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG7_2672_EOS-1D_RyeHarbourNR_24Jun2021.jpg "Dark-legged Stem-sawfly [Calameuta filiformis]")
Dark-legged Stem-sawfly [Calameuta filiformis]
Adult on Ranunculus sp. – Location : Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, East Sussex, England – Date of image : 24 Jun 2021
![Wheat Stem Borer [Cephus pygmeus]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_7792_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_27May2022.jpg "Wheat Stem Borer [Cephus pygmeus]")
Wheat Stem Borer [Cephus pygmeus]
Adult on Ranunculus sp. - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 May 2022
![Orange-horned Scabious Sawfly [Abia nitens]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_0802_60D_WarnhamNR_13May2025.jpg "Orange-horned Scabious Sawfly [Abia nitens]")
Orange-horned Scabious Sawfly [Abia nitens]
Male - Location : Warnham NR, Horsham, West Sussex, England – Date of image : 13 May 2025
![Sallow Bean-gall Sawfly [Euura bridgmanii]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/JO8V9977_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Jun2025.jpg "Sallow Bean-gall Sawfly [Euura bridgmanii]")
Sallow Bean-gall Sawfly [Euura bridgmanii]
Upper surface of a leaf of Goat Willow (Salix caprea) showing a gall caused by a single larva of E. bridgmanii - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025
![Sallow Bean-gall Sawfly [Euura bridgmanii]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/JO8V9983_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Jun2025.jpg "Sallow Bean-gall Sawfly [Euura bridgmanii]")
Sallow Bean-gall Sawfly [Euura bridgmanii]
Under surface of a leaf of Goat Willow (Salix caprea) showing a gall caused by a single larva of E. bridgmanii - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025
![Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1166_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]")
Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1167_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]")
Cinquefoil Strider [Macrophya annulata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_0542_EOS-1D_TheDowns_30May2025.jpg "Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]")
Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]
Adult male on a Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 30 May 2025
![Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_7908_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_03Jun2022.jpg "Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]")
Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]
Adult females on Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 03 Jun 2022
![Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_1686_EOS-1D_TheDowns_26Jun2025.jpg "Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]")
Dimorphic Strider [Macrophya montana]
Mating pair (male L) on Large Bindweed (Calystegia silvatica) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2025
![Red-thighed Macrophya [Macrophya rufipes]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_0908_60D_TheDowns_16May2025.jpg "Red-thighed Macrophya [Macrophya rufipes]")
Red-thighed Macrophya [Macrophya rufipes]
Male - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 May 2025
![Orange Bordered Oak-cutter [Periclista pubescens]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1306_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Orange Bordered Oak-cutter [Periclista pubescens]")
Orange Bordered Oak-cutter [Periclista pubescens]
Larva on Rubus sp. leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Apple Sawyer [Pristiphora maesta]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_8347_60D_BansteadCommon_11Jun2021.jpg "Apple Sawyer [Pristiphora maesta]")
Apple Sawyer [Pristiphora maesta]
Larva feeding on leaf of a Crab Apple tree (Malus sylvestris) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jun 2021
![Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1116_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]")
Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1117_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]")
Broad-striped Rhogogaster [Rhogogaster scalaris]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025