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
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Winter Moth
(Regular)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Frequent)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)