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.
December Moth
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Vestal
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Juniper Carpet
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very unusual)
Northern Winter Moth
(Very unusual)
Winter Moth
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Very unusual)
Pale November Moth
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Very unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Clifden Nonpareil
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Figure of Eight
(Unusual)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Very unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Dark Chestnut
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Very unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Common Quaker
(Very unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Very unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)