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.
December Moth
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Juniper Carpet
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Very unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Very unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Scotch Annulet
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Very unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Very unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
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)
Plain Clay
(Very unusual)