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)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(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)
Flounced Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Orange Sallow
(Regular)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
Vestal
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Infrequent)
Scarce Umber
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Saltern Ear
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)