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.
Ghost Moth
(Very unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
July Belle
(Very unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Green Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Very unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common White Wave
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Very unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Confused
(Very unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Unusual)
Grey Chi
(Very unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Very unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Campion
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
White-line Dart
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Very unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Very unusual)