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.
96 - East Inverness & Nairn
Yellow Horned
(Very frequent)
Kentish Glory
(Very frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Very frequent)
Barred Tooth-striped
(Frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Orange Underwing
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Purple Thorn
(Very frequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Rannoch Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Border
(Very frequent)
Grey Birch
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Rannoch Sprawler
(Very frequent)
Early Grey
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Frequent)
Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Very frequent)
Lead-coloured Drab
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Netted Mountain Moth
(Frequent)
Ringed Carpet
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Conformist
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
March Moth
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)