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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Confused
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Blood-Vein
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Clifden Nonpareil
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Saltern Ear
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Suspected
(Regular)
Nutmeg
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Marbled Coronet
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Netted Pug
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Scarce Brindle
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)