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