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)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(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)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Streak
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Orange Sallow
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
Gem
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
November Moth
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
September Thorn
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Mottled Umber
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Feathered Gothic
(Regular)
Square-spot Dart
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)