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.
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
November Moth
(Regular)
Pale November Moth
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Very unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Tissue
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Streak
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Buff Footman
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Butterbur
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Olive
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)