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)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Juniper Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Northern Winter Moth
(Very frequent)
Winter Moth
(Very frequent)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Very frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Very frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)