Dark Umber

Still fairly widespread in Somerset, but seems to be in decline and retreating westwards.<br>

Drab Looper

A nationally scarce moth of open, sheltered, sunny, semi-natural woodland. It flies by day, in sunny weather. Larval foodplant is Wood Spurge. Historically very rare and local in north Somerset, around Bath, Brislington, Weston-super-mare, Portishead and Downhead. Not recorded since the early 1980s.

Brown Scallop

Always local, associated with damp habitats.&nbsp; Seems to have declined, especially in recent years.&nbsp; Formerly frequently recorded from the Shapwick area but now extinct there.<br>

Brown Scallop

Philereme vetulata