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