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
(Unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Very unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very unusual)
Northern Winter Moth
(Very unusual)
Winter Moth
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Tissue
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Regular)
Mottled Umber
(Frequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Snout
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Butterbur
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Very unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Unusual)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Very unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)