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)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Copper Underwing
(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)
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)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(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)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Tissue
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Feathered Thorn
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Orange Sallow
(Frequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Dark Chestnut
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
November Moth
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Pale November Moth
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Butterbur
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)