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.
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Very unusual)
August Thorn
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Very unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Regular)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Very unusual)
Lunar Underwing
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Unusual)
Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very unusual)