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
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Winter Moth
(Regular)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Very unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Very unusual)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Very unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Regular)
Flounced Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Dark Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Very unusual)
Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very unusual)