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