The Drinker

Widespread across the county and frequently recorded at light, if rarely in any numbers; perhaps at their most abundant in reedbeds and areas of extensive unimproved grassland.&nbsp; The larvae are also regularly found in spring when they are conspicuous as they seek out sites to pupate.

Oak Eggar

Fairly widely reported from across the county, seemingly most frequent in large nature reserves.&nbsp; Absent, for no obvious reason, from most of the eastern quarter of the county, though reappearing in the band of woods that make up the border with Wiltshire.

Fox Moth

A declining moth of unimproved grassland.&nbsp; Still reasonably frequent on Exmoor and the Quantocks,&nbsp; to a lesser extent on the Mendips, the Blackdowns, the limestone grasslands around Bath, and around Shapwick and Westhay.&nbsp; Occasionally recorded from elsewhere.

Fox Moth

Macrothylacia rubi