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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Vestal
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Very unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Very unusual)
Pale November Moth
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
August Thorn
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Knot Grass
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Very unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Very unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Grey Chi
(Very unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very unusual)
Campion
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)