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)
Feathered Thorn
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
November Moth
(Regular)
Streak
(Regular)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
December Moth
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Winter Moth
(Infrequent)
Winter Moth
(Infrequent)
Pale November Moth
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Infrequent)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Gem
(Unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Scarce Umber
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Unusual)
Small Quaker
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)