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
(Very unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
November Moth
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Unusual)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very unusual)