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
(Very unusual)
Fox Moth
(Very unusual)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Vestal
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very unusual)
Northern Winter Moth
(Very unusual)
Winter Moth
(Regular)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Regular)
Scarce Umber
(Regular)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very unusual)
Sallow
(Very unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Very unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Very unusual)
Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)