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)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very unusual)
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Vestal
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Very unusual)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
November Moth
(Very unusual)
Tissue
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Feathered Thorn
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Very unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Butterbur
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Regular)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Unusual)
Brick
(Unusual)
Lunar Underwing
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Dark Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Unusual)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Very unusual)
Brindled Green
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Dart
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Very unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very unusual)