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.
Chinese Character
(Very unusual)
Yellow Horned
(Very unusual)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Very unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
Shoulder Stripe
(Frequent)
Streamer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Very unusual)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Very unusual)
Broom-tip
(Very unusual)
Early Tooth-striped
(Frequent)
Orange Underwing
(Unusual)
Brown Silver-line
(Unusual)
Speckled Yellow
(Very unusual)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Purple Thorn
(Very unusual)
March Moth
(Regular)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Oak Beauty
(Unusual)
Dotted Border
(Unusual)
Grey Birch
(Very unusual)
Common Heath
(Very unusual)
Puss Moth
(Very unusual)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Very unusual)
Great Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Scarce Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very unusual)
Early Grey
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Very unusual)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very unusual)