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 Unlikely', or for beginners 'Unlikely' against them should be verified with your CMR.
December Moth
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Scarce Umber
(Infrequent)
Dotted Border
(Infrequent)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Pearly Underwing
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)