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.
Yellow Horned
(Frequent)
Kentish Glory
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Very unusual)
Shoulder Stripe
(Unusual)
Streamer
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Mottled Grey
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Brindled Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Very unusual)
Broom-tip
(Very unusual)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Orange Underwing
(Unusual)
Netted Mountain Moth
(Unusual)
Brown Silver-line
(Very unusual)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Purple Thorn
(Very unusual)
March Moth
(Very unusual)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Border
(Very unusual)
Grey Birch
(Very unusual)
Common Heath
(Very unusual)
Puss Moth
(Very unusual)
Scarce Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very unusual)
Rannoch Sprawler
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Very unusual)
Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Very unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Very unusual)
Lead-coloured Drab
(Very unusual)
Powdered Quaker
(Very unusual)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Small Dark Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Very unusual)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very unusual)