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
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very unusual)
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Very unusual)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Very unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Very unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very unusual)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Unusual)
Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Very unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(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)
Green Arches
(Very unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Very unusual)