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)
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)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Very frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Northern Winter Moth
(Frequent)
Winter Moth
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Herald
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Brick
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Frequent)
Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Gem
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
Pale November Moth
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)