July Highflyer

This very variable moth is common and widespread across the county.&nbsp; The larvae have been found on sallow.

The Mallow

This moth has always been geographically restricted in Somerset, and may be in decline.&nbsp; It is, and always has been, absent from areas where its foodplant Mallow <i>Malva sylvestris</i> is scarce - inland Exmoor and a large chunk of central Somerset centred on the Mendips.&nbsp;The current stronghold is around Taunton where it is still reasonably frequently recorded.&nbsp; Formerly seen regularly west of the Quantocks, especially coastally, it has not been recorded in this area since 1989, and there are very few records from the well-recorded far south of the county since around 2010.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Grey Mountain Carpet

A northern, moorland species on the southern edge of its range in Somerset.&nbsp; Formerly recorded fairly regularly from the Culbone/Porlock/Minehead area, last being seen in 1987.&nbsp; Possibly now extinct, though it still might occur on the much higher and less-recorded moors around Dunkery.<br>

Grey Mountain Carpet

Entephria caesiata