Moths of the Month (Adult Macros)
The National Moth Recording Scheme's database has records for each of the species for a vice county for a given month. The photographs are taken from the Scottish County Moth Recorders' Voucher Archive. If the Archive has a photo of the species for the Vice County then that will be shown, otherwise a photo from another Scottish VC will display.
A simple algorithm has been used to provide an indication of abundance of the species in that month (not of its abundance generally) for records since January 2000. This has been based on the number of records (not the counts within records) that the moth has for that month in that VC compared to the
total counts for that VC in that month for all species. Some inappropriate categories may therefore be shown, but any species with 'Very Unusual, or for beginners 'Unusual' against them should be checked with your CMR.
Yellow Horned
(Unusual)
Emperor Moth
(Unusual)
Cream Wave
(Very unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Shoulder Stripe
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Very unusual)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very unusual)
Common Pug
(Very unusual)
Early Tooth-striped
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very unusual)
March Moth
(Very unusual)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Oak Beauty
(Very unusual)
Dotted Border
(Very unusual)
Grey Birch
(Very unusual)
Puss Moth
(Very unusual)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very unusual)
Early Grey
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Very unusual)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very unusual)
Oak Nycteoline
(Very unusual)