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