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.
96 - East Inverness-shire
Orange Swift
(Very unusual)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Welsh Clearwing
(Very unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Poplar Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Satin Lutestring
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Very unusual)
Pine Tree Lappet
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Plain Wave
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Very unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Very unusual)
July Belle
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Very unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Heath Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Very unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
V-Moth
(Very unusual)
Rannoch Looper
(Unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Very unusual)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Unusual)
Black Mountain Moth
(Very unusual)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Very unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Very unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Round-winged Muslin
(Very unusual)
Four-dotted Footman
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Very unusual)
Knot Grass
(Very unusual)
Poplar Grey
(Very unusual)
Coronet
(Very unusual)
Shark
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Very unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Crescent
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Northern Arches
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Very unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Very unusual)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Beautiful Brocade
(Very unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Shears
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Campion
(Very unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Unusual)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Northern Dart
(Very unusual)
Plain Clay
(Unusual)
Cousin German
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Very unusual)