Hoary Footman

A nationally scarce, resident, species that frequents rocky coastlines and shingle beaches, where the larvae feed on lichens&nbsp; and algae on rocks. It may also be an immigrant.&nbsp;&nbsp;Needs careful examination to be separated from the much more abundant Common Footman and Scarce Footman.  Expanding nationally, but little sign of this to date in Somerset, where it remains rare and local.

Common Footman

Care needs to be taken over
separating this species from a number of similar, but less common species.&nbsp; Still an extremely common species, likely to
be met with in numbers anywhere, but numbers do seem to have fallen since the
start of the century.&nbsp; 

Scarce Footman

Unhelpfully named – although not
as abundant as one lookalike, Common Footman, it is far more common than other lookalikes,
being a widespread if somewhat local species that can occur to light in
numbers, especially near the coast.

Scarce Footman

Eilema complana