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.
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Streak
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
November Moth
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Flame Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Unusual)
Pale November Moth
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Unusual)