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.
Pale Eggar
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
August Thorn
(Frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Infrequent)