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.
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
December Moth
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Winter Moth
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Sword-grass
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Gem
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Scarce Umber
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Northern Arches
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)