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)
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Very unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Very unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Snout
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Crescent
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Unusual)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Unusual)
Olive
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Merveille du Jour
(Very unusual)
Brindled Green
(Very unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Feathered Ranunculus
(Very unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)