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
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Juniper Carpet
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Very unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Very unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Saltern Ear
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Very unusual)
Lunar Underwing
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
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
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Very unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)