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