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)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Very frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Northern Winter Moth
(Regular)
Winter Moth
(Frequent)
Tissue
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Butterbur
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Orange Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Sallow
(Infrequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Delicate
(Infrequent)
Pearly Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)