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.
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Orange Sallow
(Frequent)
Olive
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Oak Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Chinese Character
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Tissue
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
August Thorn
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Regular)
Feathered Ranunculus
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Pearly Underwing
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)