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.
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Vestal
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Scotch Annulet
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Unusual)
Double Lobed
(Unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Brick
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)
Oak Nycteoline
(Unusual)