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