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.
Orange Swift
(Very unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Common Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Feathered Thorn
(Very unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Very unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very unusual)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Unusual)
Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Very unusual)
Brindled Green
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Very unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Very unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)