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