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)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(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)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
November Moth
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Orange Sallow
(Regular)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Tissue
(Infrequent)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Clifden Nonpareil
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)