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.
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Chinese Character
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very unusual)
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
November Moth
(Unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Very unusual)
Tissue
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Annulet
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Very unusual)
Buff Footman
(Very unusual)
Common Footman
(Very unusual)
Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Red Underwing
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Crescent
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Butterbur
(Very unusual)
Large Ear
(Very unusual)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Regular)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Very unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Dark Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Merveille du Jour
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very unusual)
Feathered Gothic
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Dart
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Very unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Very unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Very unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)