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