bees, wasps, sawflies and ants
![Variable Tenthredo [Tenthredo livida]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_0829_EOS-1D_TheDowns_09Jun2025.jpg "Variable Tenthredo [Tenthredo livida]")
Variable Tenthredo [Tenthredo livida]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 09 Jun 2025
![Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1321_60D_TheDowns_28May2025.jpg "Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]")
Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025
![Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1327_60D_TheDowns_28May2025.jpg "Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]")
Large Yellow-girdled Tenthredo [Tenthredo maculata]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 28 May 2025
![Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1200_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]")
Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_0966_EOS-1D_TheDowns_12Jun2025.jpg "Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]")
Common Green Tenthredo [Tenthredo mesomela]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Jun 2025
![Broadbar Clover Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_0065_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_04Sep2021.jpg "Broadbar Clover Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]")
Broadbar Clover Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Sep 2021
![Broadbar Clover Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_0059_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_04Sep2021.jpg "Broadbar Clover Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]")
Broadbar Clover Sawfly [Tenthredo notha]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 04 Sep 2021
![Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_0406_60D_TheDowns_07May2025.jpg "Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]")
Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 07 May 2025
![Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1136_60D_TheDowns_24May2025.jpg "Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]")
Wayward Sawfly [Tenthredo temula]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 24 May 2025
![Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_9274_EOS-1D_TheDowns_25Aug2024.jpg "Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]")
Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]
Male on Wild Carrot (Daurica carota) - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 25 Aug 2024
![Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_0453_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_12Sep2021.jpg "Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]")
Marjoram Wasp-Sawfly [Tenthredo thompsoni]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 12 Sep 2021
![Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_0336_EOS-1D_TheDowns_20May2025.jpg "Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]")
Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 May 2025
![Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/JO8V9856_EOS-1D_TheDowns_20May2025.jpg "Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]")
Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]
Female on Silver Birch (Betula pendula) leaf - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 20 May 2025
![Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/IMG_1234_60D_TheDowns_26May2025.jpg "Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]")
Common Tenthredopsis [Tenthredopsis nassata]
Female - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 May 2025
![Silky Ant [Formica fusca]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG8_0640_EOS-1D_TheDowns_02Jun2025.jpg "Silky Ant [Formica fusca]")
Silky Ant [Formica fusca]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 02 Jun 2025
![Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG7_3428_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_16Jul2021.jpg "Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]")
Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]
Adult ‘farming’ ragwort aphids - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Jul 2021
![Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG7_3435_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_16Jul2021.jpg "Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]")
Black Garden Ant [Lasius niger]
Adult ‘farming’ ragwort aphids - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 16 Jul 2021
![Common Red Ant [Myrmica rubra]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/JO8V0772_EOS-1D_TheDowns_01Aug2025.jpg "Common Red Ant [Myrmica rubra]")
Common Red Ant [Myrmica rubra]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 01 Aug 2025
![Woodland Red Ant [Myrmica ruginodis]](https://neilswildlifejournal.uk/wp-content/gallery/bees-wasps-sawflies-ants/NG7_3097_EOS-1D_BansteadDowns_11Jul2021.jpg "Woodland Red Ant [Myrmica ruginodis]")
Woodland Red Ant [Myrmica ruginodis]
Adult - Location : Banstead Downs, Surrey, England – Date of image : 11 Jul 2021