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)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(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)
Winter Moth
(Very frequent)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Very frequent)
Juniper Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Gem
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Northern Winter Moth
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Regular)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Dark Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Pearly Underwing
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Infrequent)