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.
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
November Moth
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Vestal
(Unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Pale November Moth
(Unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
August Thorn
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)