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
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Unusual)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very unusual)
Northern Winter Moth
(Very unusual)
Winter Moth
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Very unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Very unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Unusual)
Flounced Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Grey Shoulder-knot
(Very unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very unusual)