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.
97 - West Inverness-shire
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very unusual)
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Juniper Carpet
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
November Moth
(Very unusual)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Very unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Very unusual)
Feathered Thorn
(Very unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Common White Wave
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Brick
(Very unusual)
Lunar Underwing
(Unusual)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very unusual)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Very unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very unusual)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Very unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very unusual)