Five-Spot Burnet

Needs considerable care to
separate from Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet, which is probably the commoner of the two species in the county.&nbsp;
Two subspecies, both declining, very local and habitat-specific, <i>palustrella</i>&nbsp;flying in early summer on calcareous sites, especially in the Mendips and
northwards, and <i>decreta</i> in late summer on mires and bogs in upland western
Somerset, such as at Winsford Hill and Yarty Moor.

Six-Spot Burnet

Widespread but local in
flower-rich grasslands, common where it occurs, and occasionally abundant on
high-quality calcareous grassland, especially in the Poldens and from the
Mendips northwards.&nbsp; Absent from inland
Exmoor and very scarce in intensively-farmed landscapes.

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet

Needs considerable care to separate
from Five-spot Burnet.&nbsp; Probably the more
numerous species of the two, but distinctly local and perhaps declining, in
flower-rich fields and meadows, usually with good quantities of Red Clover
and/or Meadow Vetchling.&nbsp; Commonest from
the Mendips northwards, and also in the remaining flower-rich meadows around
Shapwick.&nbsp; Absent from Exmoor and the
Quantocks, and from intensively-farmed areas.

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet

Zygaena lonicerae