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.
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very unusual)
Vestal
(Very unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Juniper Carpet
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Scotch Annulet
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Spectacle
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Saltern Ear
(Very unusual)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Very unusual)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Very unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Hedge Rustic
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Very unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)